Tonsillar metastasis revealing signet-ring cell carcinoma of the rectum

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2005 Jan;29(1):70-2. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(05)80696-7.

Abstract

A 45-year-old man presented with a tonsillar tumor and rectal syndrome. Histology specimens revealed signet-cell adenocarcinoma of both the tonsils and rectum. The clinical course was rapidly degenerated with multiple metastases in the skin and bones. Tonsil metastasis is rare and generally develops from primary gastric or colorectal cancer, predominantly poorly-differentiated or signet-ring cell adenocarcinomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Signet Ring Cell / secondary*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / pathology
  • Tonsillar Neoplasms / secondary*