RATIONALE Primary Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) involving the tonsil is extremely rare. Only about 20 such cases with verification of biopsy and immunohistochemistry have been reported. Because of its rarity and unremarkable clinical presentation, a timely correct diagnosis is very challenging. PATIENT CONCERNS A 43-year-old man complained left tonsillar enlargement and painless masses in left neck, ...

The comparative susceptibilities for rhinovirus isolation were determined for strain MRC-5 human embryonic lung fibroblast and human fetal tonsil cells. Samples from nasopharyngeal and throat swab clinical specimens were inoculated onto duplicate monolayers of each cell type. Of 105 rhinovirus-positive specimens, 78 (74%) were positive in MRC-5 cells, and 102 (97%) were positive in fetal tonsil...

Tonsilloliths, calcifications within a tonsillar crypt, involve primarily the palatine tonsil. Tonsilloliths are not uncommon, but they tend to be microscopic. Weller reported that during routine histologic examination of excised tonsils, microscopic tonsilloliths were found in 8% of the specimens. Macroscopic calculi, whose size varied from barely visible to pea size, represent an intermediate...

the affection of the glands in the neck, the adenoid tissue of the soft palate, tonsils and pharynx was greatly enlarged. The right tonsil projected as a rounded mass as far as the middle of the tliroa displacing the normal uvula forwards. The left tonsil, though enlarged, was not affected to the same extent. The tonsil and soft palate were elastic to palpation, and the mucous membrane covering...

BACKGROUND Digital necrosis is a rare phenomenon of paraneoplastic syndrome associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil. Since 1965, more than 70 cases have been reported worldwide in the literature. CASE REPORT A 54-year-old male smoker presented with Raynaud's phenomenon, proceeding to frank gangrene of the fingers. Working up the case finally pointed toward carcinoma of the tonsi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the role of adenoidectomy without concurrent tonsillectomy in the treatment of upper airway obstruction, by determining rates and risk factors for subsequent tonsillectomy. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study with nested case-control study. Data were evaluated using Kaplan-Meyer curves with Cox proportional hazards regression analysis, as well as contingency table and log...