Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 221-222, September 2008

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastatic to the Palatine Tonsil

  • Yu-Hsuan Wen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Rong-Hsing Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pei-Rong Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tzung-Shiahn Sheen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Pin Wu

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 289, Jianguo Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 13 November 2007; received in revised form 3 December 2007; accepted 17 December 2007.

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Abstract 

Metastatic cancer to the palatine tonsil is extremely rare. We describe a 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma 2 years previously and who had the sensation of having a lump in his throat for 1 month before presentation. One reddish-blue, ulcerated, granular tumor was found at his right tonsillar fossa. After tonsillectomy, pathology showed metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. The patient died from sepsis and hepatic failure 9 months later.

Keywords:  Hepatocellular carcinoma , Metastatic cancer , Palatine tonsil

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60040-3

doi:10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60040-3

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 221-222, September 2008

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