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Malakoplakia of the oropharynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

D. A. Thomas ,
H. R. Sharp ,
C. W. Lawson  and
D. B. Mitchell
D. A. Thomas
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.
H. R. Sharp
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.
C. W. Lawson
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.
D. B. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury, UK.
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Abstract

We present a case of malakoplakia presenting as a lesion in the oropharynx of an elderly smoker. In this case a clinical diagnosis of carcinoma of the pharynx was made, biopsy revealed the nature of the lesion and management was radically altered.

Keywords

MalakoplakiaOropharynx
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 115 , Issue 7 , July 2001 , pp. 578 - 579
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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