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Category: Volume 07 Issue 11 November 2019
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Title: Tonsillar Metastasis from Sarcomatoidcarcinoma Lung- A Rare Presentation

Authors: Lekha Madhavan Nair MD, DNB, Sindhu Nair P MD, Neelima Radhakrishnan MD, Sajeed A MD

 DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i11.02

Abstract

Carcinoma lung rarely metastasize to palatine tonsils. Tonsillar metastasis from small cell lung cancer and adenocarcinoma have been reported in literature. Here we present a rare case of tonsillar metastasis from sarcomatoid carcinoma lung with a review of the literature.

Keywords: tonsil , lung, sarcomatoid carcinoma

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Corresponding Author

Lekha M Nair

Senior Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum