DIATHERMY EXTIRPATION OF THE PHARYNGEAL TONSILS

Tonsils and Naso-Pharyngeal Sepsis

Beryllium concentration in pharyngeal tonsils in children.

Power plant dust is believed to be the main source of the increased presence of the element beryllium in the environment which has been detected in the atmospheric air, surface waters, groundwater, soil, food, and cigarette smoke. In humans, beryllium absorption occurs mainly via the respiratory system. The pharyngeal tonsils are located on the roof of the nasopharynx and are in direct contact ...

Correlation between nasopharyngoscopy and cephalometry in the diagnosis of hyperplasia of the pharyngeal tonsils

INTRODUCTION  Hyperplasia of the pharyngeal tonsil is one of the main causes of mouth breathing, and accurate diagnosis of this alteration is important for proper therapeutic planning. Therefore, studies have been conducted in order to provide information regarding the procedures that can be used for the diagnosis of pharyngeal obstruction. OBJECTIVE  To verify the correlation between nasopha...

Antigen-presenting cells in the hypertrophic pharyngeal tonsils: a histochemical, immunuhistochemical and ultrastructural study.

The antigen presenting cells (APCs) with special interest to dendritic cells (DC), were investigated in 28 hypertrophic and 10 control pharyngeal tonsils of children by histochemistry, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy. In this study, we are trying to clarify the function and classification of APC in pharyngeal tonsils using morphologic criteria, Human Leukocyte Antigen Monoclonal An...

Extirpation of the Spleen

rest all belong to the present century. If his own case is reckoned as a recovery, the mortality is 73 per cent'.; if otherwise, the mortality is 76; the recoveries being twelve or eleven out of the forty-two cases, according as this is or is not reckoned as belonging to that category. The cause of the eleven deaths was septicemia in one case, peritonitis in one case, and hasmorrhage either dur...