Abstract
Oat cell carcinoma is rarely diagnosed in the head and neck and can be primary or secondary. Primary tumors arise from amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation cells which are found throughout the head and neck. Secondary deposits metastasize most commonly from the lungs. We report a 64-year-old woman with a known pancreatic oat cell carcinoma who came to the ENT Department with dysphagia. On examination, a lesion was seen at the base of the tongue and was histologically an oat cell carcinoma. No treatment was administered and the patient died one month after discharge. This report highlights the difficulty in determining the primary site when a rare tumor metastasizes to the head and neck and no autopsy findings are obtained. To our knowledge, oat cell carcinoma of the tongue has not been previously reported.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 221-223 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Ear, Nose and Throat Journal |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - Mar 1998 |
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Oat cell carcinoma of the tongue from an unknown primary. / Mitchell, Ron B.; Stedeford, Judith; Buchanan, George.
In: Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, Vol. 77, No. 3, 03.1998, p. 221-223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Oat cell carcinoma of the tongue from an unknown primary
AU - Mitchell, Ron B.
AU - Stedeford, Judith
AU - Buchanan, George
PY - 1998/3
Y1 - 1998/3
N2 - Oat cell carcinoma is rarely diagnosed in the head and neck and can be primary or secondary. Primary tumors arise from amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation cells which are found throughout the head and neck. Secondary deposits metastasize most commonly from the lungs. We report a 64-year-old woman with a known pancreatic oat cell carcinoma who came to the ENT Department with dysphagia. On examination, a lesion was seen at the base of the tongue and was histologically an oat cell carcinoma. No treatment was administered and the patient died one month after discharge. This report highlights the difficulty in determining the primary site when a rare tumor metastasizes to the head and neck and no autopsy findings are obtained. To our knowledge, oat cell carcinoma of the tongue has not been previously reported.
AB - Oat cell carcinoma is rarely diagnosed in the head and neck and can be primary or secondary. Primary tumors arise from amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation cells which are found throughout the head and neck. Secondary deposits metastasize most commonly from the lungs. We report a 64-year-old woman with a known pancreatic oat cell carcinoma who came to the ENT Department with dysphagia. On examination, a lesion was seen at the base of the tongue and was histologically an oat cell carcinoma. No treatment was administered and the patient died one month after discharge. This report highlights the difficulty in determining the primary site when a rare tumor metastasizes to the head and neck and no autopsy findings are obtained. To our knowledge, oat cell carcinoma of the tongue has not been previously reported.
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