A Case of Cutaneous Metastatic Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma in a Female

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Haley Danielle Heibel
Chris Bandel
Claire Reddick
Clay J. Cockerell

Keywords

Cutaneous Metastatic Tonsillar Carcinoma, Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Female

Abstract

Cutaneous metastatic tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is extremely rare and indicates a poor prognosis.  To our knowledge, only 8 cases of cutaneous metastatic tonsillar SCC previously have been reported in the English literature.  Here, we present the third case of a female with cutaneous metastatic tonsillar SCC.

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