Amongst the various cystic lesions of oral cavity, Lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) is a rare lesion that presents as an asymptomatic submucosal mass and usually discovered during routine examinations. Most common site occurence floor mouth but tonsillar involvement seems to be very rare. Pathogenesis involves excessive accumulation desquamated epithelial lining in crypt. This results dilated obstru...

When squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) involves the palatine tonsils, they are generally enlarged and demonstrate intermediate to high signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images and enhance after gadolinium administration. We have identified two patients with SCC of the tonsil where the affected tonsil has low signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images and is smaller than the contralateral normal ton...

Lymphoepithelial cyst (LEC) is the most commonly encountered congenital neck pathology in the lateral part of the neck. A 66-year-old woman presented to the ENT clinic due to difficulty in swallowing persisting for approximately 1 year. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic mass at right tonsil. Surgery was performed due to this unilateral tonsillar mass, which was excised together with ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the baseline global health status and quality of life (QOL) in children with tonsil and adenoid disease. DESIGN Cross-sectional multicenter survey series. SETTINGS A tertiary academic pediatric specialty hospital and a tertiary academic hospital in 2 different cities. PATIENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS Consecutive series of 55 parents of children who were seen for tonsil ...

this prospective clinical study was performed to investigate the colonization of h pylori in adenoid and tonsil tissues by using the campylobacter-like organism (clo) test. included in the study were 56 patients aged 3 to 43 yrs who had undergone adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy or adenotonsillectomy procedures under general anesthesia. two-mm diameter tissue pieces of adenoid and tonsil specimens ...

  Hamartomatous polyps of the palatine tonsil are very rare. They have been variously termed as a lymphangiectatic fibrous polyp, lipoma, pedunculated tonsil etc. in the English literature. We present here a case of hamartomatous polyp of the tonsil occurring in a 32-year-old male who presented with bilateral enlarged palatine tonsils with recurrent tonsillitis. Surgical excision showed two pa...

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...

To report one patient with an ectopic salivary tissue tag on the tonsil, and review the embryology, management, and implications of this benign disorder. Case report with literature review. Ectopic salivary tissue presented on the tonsil of a child as a painless, growing, unilateral pale exophytic mass. Tonsillectomy was performed to provide diagnosis, and was curative. Ectopic salivary tissue ...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to longitudinally describe the history of tonsil surgery in Swedish children and adolescents regarding incidence, indications for surgery, surgical methods and the age and gender distributions. SETTING A retrospective longitudinal population-based cohort study based on register data from the Swedish National Patient Register (NPR) and population data...