Yonago Acta medica 1999;42:217–220
A Case of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Metastasizing to the Palatine Tonsil
Kei Nakahara, Satoshi Matsuo, Hiromi Takeuchi and Hisaaki Ikoma
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago 683-0826 Japan
This report presented the very rare case of a patient with a metastasis in the left palatine tonsil from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). A 69-year-old man suffered from an about 20-mm mass in the left palatine tonsil. The biopsy revealed that the mass in the palatine tonsil was a metastatic lesion from HCC. The patient underwent a left palatine tonsillectomy, and metastasis from HCC has not recurred after the operation. With the presentation of the present case, we looked through the so-far reported literature.
Key words: tonsillar metastasis; hepatocellular carcinoma; first manifestation
