a rare tonsillar disease

A Rare Tonsillar Disease

A 16 year old women with Tangier disease in palatine tonsils is reported. She has recurrent sore throat. In physical examination the palatine tonsils are hypertrophied and has very yellowish points. The facial skin is yellowish  the skin of another areas of body is normal. After tonsillectomy the pathologist report Tangier disease in palatine tonsils.

Tonsillar Disease and Capillary Vessels

The three-dimensional structure of capillary vessels in the human palatine tonsil using corrosion casting technique was investigated. The postcapillary venules and arterioles were distinguishable from the nuclear impressions on their walls. The configuration of vessels around cryptal micropores is similar to images obtained by a recently developed cryptscope. The palatine tonsil has no efferent...

Epiploic Appendagitis: A Rare Disease with a Common Symptom

Epiploic appendagitis is one of the self-limiting rare causes of acute abdominal pain that is caused by torsion or accidental necrosis of one of the epiploic appendix of the colon. Due to the absence of specific clinical findings for this disease, it is usually diagnosed by chance in examinations for the cause. The use of radiologic methods in diagnosis is very helpful. The importance of the to...

Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Rare Presentation with Localized Iliac Lymphadenitis

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a benign, self-limiting disease characterized by histiocytic necrotising lymphadenitis. Though several viral agents or an autoimmune etiology has been proposed as causative, the exact cause remains unknown. It has a female predilection and most commonly seen among young Asian people. Patients usually present with a febrile illness and the presence of lymphadeno...

Lhermitte – Duclos Disease in a Young Adult: Rare Entity

Lhermitte - Duclos disease also called dysplastic gangliocytoma of cerebellum is an extremely rare cerebellar lesion which share features of both malformation and neoplasm. The usual presentation is of raised intracranial pressure along with cerebellar signs. We report a case of 23 year male who presented with headache & diplopia. MRI was suggestive of the diagnosis. Subtotal excision of th...

A rare presentation of a rare disease.