Publication/Presentation Date
2-19-2019
Abstract
Most malignant obstructive jaundice arises from primary periampullary tumors and rarely from metastatic cancer of the head and neck. A 60-year-old male was diagnosed with obstructive jaundice due to metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. Only 12 cases of small bowel metastasis from the head and neck have been reported. Most of them originate from laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and only one case reported tonsillar cancer metastasizing to the ileum. Our case is the first one, to the best of our knowledge, to illustrate tonsillar cancer with metastasis to the duodenum causing obstructive jaundice.
Volume
11
Issue
2
First Page
4094
Last Page
4094
ISSN
2168-8184
Published In/Presented At
Essrani, R., Nellis, E., Hickey, P., & Shah, H. (2019). Unusual Case of Obstructive Jaundice. Cureus, 11(2), e4094. doi:10.7759/cureus.4094.
Disciplines
Gastroenterology | Internal Medicine
PubMedID
31032154
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty, Department of Medicine Fellows and Residents
Document Type
Article