Tonsilar metastases of melanoma in an older person

Resumo

We presented a rare case of metastasis of melanoma in palatine tonsils alerting healthcare professionals to this diagnose in black oral lesions. © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved.

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Melanoma, Neoplasm metastasis, Older people, Tonsil, clindamycin, protein S 100, vimentin, aged, case report, central nervous system metastasis, computer assisted tomography, ENT examination, female, human, human tissue, immunohistochemistry, melanoma, palatine tonsil metastases, prescription, priority journal, rare disease, tonsil tumor, tonsillitis, tumor biopsy

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Age and Ageing, v. 42, n. 4, p. 545-546, 2013.