A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the mucosal lining of the tonsil and tends to metastasize early to the lymph nodes. It predominantly affects middle aged and elderly patients who have a history of alcohol and tobacco use. Patients may present with tonsillar swelling, sore throat, pain radiating to the ipsilateral ear, or a neck mass. [ NCIT:P378 ]

Synonyms: SCC of tonsil tonsil squamous cell carcinoma palatine tonsil squamous cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma of tonsil SCC of the tonsil tonsil SCC tonsillar SCC squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil

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Term information

database cross reference
  • DOID:0050920 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • EFO:1000597 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • UMLS:C0280317 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • MEDGEN:79101 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • NCIT:C8183 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
Subsets

gard_rare, otar, rare

conformsTo

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/mondo/patterns/squamous_cell_carcinoma.yaml

exactMatch

http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0280317

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0050920

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C8183

http://identifiers.org/medgen/79101

id

MONDO:0006470

term tracker item

https://github.com/monarch-initiative/mondo/issues/7134