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A Case Report and a Brief Review

LUCILLE M. RADKE FOSTVEDT, M.D.; GERALD A. FOSTVEDT, M.D.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1955;61(4):465-467.

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Malignant growth of the tonsil is seen relatively infrequently by the great majority of physicians; yet it is of interest because (a) discovery of a case is provocative of a general review of this uncommon sarcoma; (b) the diagnosis and treatment of this neoplasm is established and followed very early in the course of this disease; (c) the statistical possibilities of cure are encouraging if one does happen to encounter this very uncommon growth. In the literature the statistics vary considerably on tonsillar cancer. Telch¹ states that the five-year survival rate for all patients with tonsillar lymphosarcoma is 22%; with carcinoma, 5%. Ackerman and del Regato² report 40% five-year cures in a group of 37 cases of lymphosarcoma of the tonsil. Parshall and Stenstrom³ report 6 (46%) survivals for three years among 13 patients and 3 (30%) among 10 for five years. This latter report was, of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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