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Tonsillar metastasis from a renal cell carcinoma presenting as a quinsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

K. M. J. Green ,
E. Pantelides  and
J. P. De Carpentier
K. M. J. Green*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK.
E. Pantelides
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK.
J. P. De Carpentier
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, Preston, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: K. M. J. Green, Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Preston PR5 9HT.
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Abstract

We present a rare case of renal cell carcinoma metastatic to the tonsil. Tonsillectomy was inadvertently performed during an attempt to drain what was clinically a peritonsillar abscess.

Keywords

Carcinomarenal cellNeoplasm metastasis
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 111 , Issue 4 , April 1997 , pp. 379 - 380
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1997

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