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Testicular seminoma metastasizing to palatine tonsil
A J Rathmell1, N P Mapstone, W G Jones
1Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Yorkshire Regional Centre for Cancer Treatment, Cookridge Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Patients presenting with Stage I seminoma of the testis have an excellent prognosis after treatment by orchidectomy and prophylactic radiotherapy to the paraaortic and pelvic lymph nodes. Only 2% subsequently recur but relapse in these cases has been reported in unusual sites such as the prostate and mesentery. We report a case of Stage I seminoma relapsing in another rare site for secondary malignant deposits, the palatine tonsil. This case further illustrates the favourable prognosis for this tumour even in cases of distant recurrence.