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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma metastatic to the tonsil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Tuvia Hadar ,
Celia Mor ,
Gady Har-El  and
Jack Sidi
Tuvia Hadar
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and J. Casper Department of Pathology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiquva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Celia Mor
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and J. Casper Department of Pathology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiquva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Gady Har-El
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and J. Casper Department of Pathology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiquva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Jack Sidi*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery and J. Casper Department of Pathology, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiquva and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
*
Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, 49 100, Israel.
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Abstract

We describe a 65-year-old woman who presented with a left tonsillar tumour. Biopsy revealed metastatic anaplastic cell carcinoma of the thyroid. Metastatic tumours are rare in the tonsils. This case, to the best of our knowledge, is the first in which the thyroid was the primary site.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 9 , September 1987 , pp. 953 - 956
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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