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Metastatic melanoma of the tonsil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. Sood ,
S. B. Nair ,
J. D. Fenwick  and
K. Horgan
S. Sood*
Affiliation:
Department of OtolaryngologyUnited Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
S. B. Nair
Affiliation:
Department of OtolaryngologyUnited Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
J. D. Fenwick
Affiliation:
Department of OtolaryngologyUnited Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
K. Horgan
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, United Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Mr S. Sood, Department of Otolaryngology, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Lindley, Huddersfield, HD3 3EA West Yorkshire
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Abstract

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Metastasis to the tonsils from malignant melanoma is rare. This paper describes one such case in a woman with synchronous breast adenocarcinoma and cutaneous malignant melanoma who had a most unusual clinical course.

Keywords

Malignant melanomaTonsilNeoplasm, metastasis
Type
Pathology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 113 , Issue 11 , November 1999 , pp. 1036 - 1038
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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