RESUMO
We presented a rare case of metastasis of melanoma in palatine tonsils alerting healthcare professionals to this diagnose in black oral lesions.
Assuntos
Melanoma/secundário , Neoplasias Cutâneas/patologia , Neoplasias Tonsilares/secundário , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Biópsia , Neoplasias Encefálicas/secundário , Feminino , Humanos , Melanoma/cirurgia , Neoplasias Cutâneas/cirurgia , Neoplasias Tonsilares/cirurgiaRESUMO
We report the case of a 79 years old female patient, with a one year history of dysphagia, presence of a tumor in the right palatine tonsil and cervical lymph node involvement. A biopsy of the palatine tonsil tumor informed as an adenocarcinoma was performed followed by a gastroscopy that reported a lesion in gastric body and antrum whose histologycal diagnosis was a moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. The patient received chemotherapy with 5FU. We present this case due to the unusual presentation of metastasis to the palatine tonsil and also for being the first manifestation of a gastric cancer.
Assuntos
Adenocarcinoma/secundário , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologia , Neoplasias Tonsilares/secundário , Adenocarcinoma/diagnóstico , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias Gástricas/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Tonsilares/diagnósticoRESUMO
Reportamos el caso de una paciente mujer de 79 años, con historia de 1 año de enfermedad caracterizado por disfagia y tumoración en amígdala derecha y adenopatía cervical. Se le realiza biopsia de tumoración amigdalina que fue diagnosticada como Adenocarcinoma, realizándose posteriormente una gastroscopia encontrándose una lesión en cuerpo y antro con estudio histopatológico de Adenocarcinoma Tubular infiltrante moderadamente diferenciado. La paciente recibió posteriormente quimioterapia con 5FU. Presentamos el caso debido a lo inusual que es encontrar metástasis amigdalina, siendo ésta además la primera manifestación de un cáncer gástrico.
We report the case of a 79 years old female patient, with a one year history of dysphagia, presence of a tumor in the right palatine tonsil and cervical lymph node involvement. A biopsy of the palatine tonsil tumor informed as an adenocarcinoma was performed followed by a gastroscopy that reported a lesion in gastric body and antrum whose histologycal diagnosis was a moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinoma. The patient received chemotherapy with 5FU. We present this case due to the unusual presentation of metastasis to the palatine tonsil and also for being the first manifestation of a gastric cancer.