Cystic metastasis from occult tonsillar primary simulating branchiogenic carcinoma: The case for tonsillectomy as a “grand biopsy.”
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- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in The Laryngoscope
- Vol. 94 (6) , 833-835
- https://doi.org/10.1288/00005537-198406000-00021
Abstract
The occult primary is a problem well known to head and neck surgeons. Less frequently discussed, but well documented, is cystic degeneration of metastatic nodes. When these conditions combine, they can suggest tumor arising in a pre-existing cervical cyst. This is a controversial condition, rare if it occurs at all, and is not to be invoked lightly.Keywords
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