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Tonsils and adenoids.

The bacteriology of acute tonsillitis and the normal flora of the throat in children is interesting and somewhat puzzling. Several studies (Box, Cleveland and Willard, 1961; Reilly et al, 1981; Toner et al, 1986) have shown that the culture of throat swabs taken from children with a history of acute tonsillitis does not differ, in terms of organisms cultured, from those taken from normal childr...

Enlarged tonsils and fatigue.

Volume 82, Number 6 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 669 A 16-year-old girl presented with fatigue, weight loss, and dysphagia that began several months earlier. She had restless sleep leading to daytime somnolence and poor school performance, and her family reported loud snoring. Her medical history was unremarkable, except for recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. Physical e...

Kaposi's sarcoma of the tonsils.

Wright B. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-219714 Description A 19-year-old HIV-positive man was referred to the ENT (ear, nose and throat) team with dysphagia and intermittent hearing loss. He had a CD4 count of 70 cells/mm (9%) and was receiving antiretroviral treatment (Raltegravir and Truvada). He had known Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) skin lesions on the neck and arms, and a left-sided lev...

A case of giant tonsils.

Case history Mr. D.M., aged 51 years, a crofter from the Isle of Barra, was admitted to the Orthopaedic Department of the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, on 26 June 1970. Eight days prior to admission he had developed pain in the back of the neck, radiating to both shoulders and down both arms, following trivial injury to the neck while lifting a dustbin. He was treated with cervical collar and ana...

Tonsils and Naso-Pharyngeal Sepsis