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...

Free amino acids in the tissue of the palatine tonsil and the adenoid were analyzed using a JEOL 6-AS Type Auto-Analyzer, and comparative examination was made on 26 kinds of amino acids discovered. Of these, 23 amino acids showed significantly high values in the palatine tonsil, but hydroxyproline and tryptophan showed somewhat higher values in the adenoid. These results suggest that the metabo...