Bilateral synchronous squamous cell tonsil carcinoma treated with chemoradiotherapy

The incidence of numerous head and neck tumours is a known issue though bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma reports are so uncommon that only 20 cases were found in a literature review. Most of these patients were treated with bilateral tonsillectomy followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. We repor...

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Published in:	Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 468 - 470
Main Authors:	Bakkal, Bekir Hakan, Ugur, Mehmet Birol, Bahadir, Burak
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pakistan Knowledge Bylanes 30-04-2014
Subjects:	Cancer Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - pathology Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - therapy Care and treatment Chemoradiotherapy Head and Neck Neoplasms - pathology Head and Neck Neoplasms - therapy Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Middle Aged Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - pathology Neoplasms, Multiple Primary - therapy Radiotherapy Squamous cell carcinoma Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck Tonsillar Neoplasms - pathology Tonsillar Neoplasms - therapy
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Summary:	The incidence of numerous head and neck tumours is a known issue though bilateral synchronous tonsillar carcinoma reports are so uncommon that only 20 cases were found in a literature review. Most of these patients were treated with bilateral tonsillectomy followed by adjuvant radiotherapy. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of bilateral synchronous tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma treated only with chemoradiotherapy without tonsillectomy.
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ISSN:	0030-9982