Unilateral Tonsillar Enlargement is more common in adult age group and is increasingly seen in the Department of Ear, Nose & Throat. Frequently these patients are listed for tonsillectomy for the purpose of ruling out malignancy. Since most of the cases of Unilateral Tonsillar Enlargement are benign pathology, tonsillectomy for these patients was decided on the basis of risk factors avoiding un...

Tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma, which represents 10% of head and neck malignancies, rarely manifests with cutaneous metastases; to date, only three prior patients with tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma have been reported to develop cutaneous metastases. We describe the clinical features of a 59-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil who developed cutaneous metastases within ...

BACKGROUND There are many reports of incompletely glycosylated O-linked oligosaccharides on the IgA1 hinge region in certain IgA nephropathy patients. In addition, other reports have noted a relationship between tonsillectomy and IgA nephropathy. METHODS Immunoglobulins from extracts of tonsillectomized tissue and other sources were analysed by isoelectric focusing (IEF) and by enzyme-linked ...

BACKGROUND Among head and neck cancers, human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) is associated with tonsillar carcinomas. Despite this, no HPV16-positive tonsillar cancer cell line has been established in nude mice. METHODS Fresh tonsillar carcinoma biopsies were obtained from 23 patients and implanted subcutaneously into nude mice (BALB/c, nu/nu). RESULTS After 7 months, one xenograft was esta...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of diagnosing forms of lymphoproliferative disease by performing tonsillectomy in pediatric patients who develop symptomatic or asymptomatic tonsillar hypertrophy during immunosuppressive therapy after liver transplantation. DESIGN Retrospective chart and pathological review. SETTING Urban tertiary referral children's hospital. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effect on postoperative pain after local application of bupivacaine in the tonsillar fossa. METHODS Seventy two patients were recruited in this prospective single blind controlled trial. There were 45 females and 27 males between the ages of 7 and 35 years. After tonsillectomy the right tonsillar fossae (subject fossae) were packed with tonsillar gauze soaked in 2 mls ...