TONSIL INSTRUMENTS

Tonsil fibromatosis.

Fibromatosis is a non-metastatic, however locally invasive tumor that may infiltrate muscle, fat, and bone. It may be fatal depending on its location. Tumors in the head and neck are particularly dangerous. These fibroblast tumors have poorly defined margins and are not encapsulated. Anaplasia and invasion of nerves and vessels are not present; mitosis is rare and there may be collagen between ...

Primary adenomyoepithelioma of tonsil

We present a case of adenomyoepithlioma (AME) arising from the tonsil. AME is an uncommon tumor that typically arises in breast, but rarely found in salivary glands, lung, and skin. Its biological features have not been thoroughly characterized. Here we describe a primary AME originating from the tonsil. The pathologic changes were characterized by hypercellularity, the dominance of both epithe...

Schwannoma of the tonsil.

Between 25 and 48% of schwannomas have been reported to occur in the head and neck region; the acoustic nerve is involved in most cases. Schwannomas arising in the tonsil are extremely uncommon. We report a case of tonsillar schwannoma in a 23-year-old woman. We also review the literature on this rare entity.

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A Calculus in the Tonsil

To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette Sir,?In the issue of the Indian Medical Gazette of September 1933, Dr. S. C. Sarkar described a case of pea-sized concretion in the tonsil under the heading ' A Calculus in the TonsilHe asserted that he could find no previous record of a stone in the tonsil. I beg to draw your readers' attention to the Indian Medical Gazette of April 1931, page 199, whe...