caa a22 4500 606186425 CHVBK 20210128100836.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3440-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3440-5 Interesting association of squamous cell carcinoma of soft palate and tuberculous lymphadenitis [Elektronische Daten] [Evren Erkul, Hakan Cincik] Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the soft palate. In some cases, it mimics mycobacterial infections and in others it can develop against the background of a previous tuberculosis infection. Here we report a case of a 68-year-old male who presented with squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate. He had metastatic lymphadenopathy on the right side and, simultaneously, two caseating granulomatous lymphadenopathies without metastatic lymph nodes on the left side. The patient was treated with soft palate excision and bilateral functional neck dissection. Standard antitubercular therapy and radiotherapy were added postoperatively. To our knowledge this is the first case in the English-language medical literature of a head and neck cancer in the setting of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis may mimic head and neck cancers and vice versa, and both conditions may have atypical clinical and radiological presentations. Our case points out the need to consider tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Tuberculosis nationallicence Palate nationallicence Soft nationallicence Carcinoma nationallicence Squamous cell nationallicence Erkul Evren Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey aut Cincik Hakan Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/5(2015-05-01), 1295-1298 0937-4477 272:5<1295 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3440-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3440-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Erkul Evren Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cincik Hakan Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, 34668, Istanbul, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/5(2015-05-01), 1295-1298 0937-4477 272:5<1295 2015 272 405