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Diagnosis of occult palatine tonsil squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) using conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is difficult in patients with cervical nodal metastasis from an unknown primary site at presentation.
Jeong Hoon Lee +4 more
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Palatine tonsil: An unusual location of rhinosporidiosis
Rhinosporidiosis is a granulomatous disease caused by Rhinosporidium seeberi which belongs to class Mesomycetozoea. It mainly affects mucous membranes of the nose, nasopharynx, and oropharynx.
Santosh Kumar Swain
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Fibroepithelial Polyp of the Tonsil: Report of a Rare Case [PDF]
Pedunculated polyps of the palatine tonsil are rare benign tumours of tonsil. Most of the cases have been reported in adults with varying presenting symptoms.
Ramesh Babu Telugu, Gaurav Ashish
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The palatine tonsils provide the first line of immune defense against foreign pathogens inhaled or ingested. However, a disruption in the epithelial layer within the tonsil crypts can lead to recurrent acute tonsillitis (RAT).
Gargi Sharma +6 more
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CT texture analysis of tonsil cancer: Discrimination from normal palatine tonsils
The purposes of the study were to determine whether there are differences in texture analysis parameters between tonsil cancers and normal tonsils, and to correlate texture analysis with 18F-FDG PET/CT to investigate the relationship between texture ...
Tae-Yoon Kim +5 more
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A tonsillar location of a malignant schwannoma: a case report
Introduction Malignant schwannoma is a malignant tumor of differentiation of Schwann cells or perineural cells. Observation The patient was a 74-year-old woman with no particular pathological history.
Imane Boujguenna +8 more
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Correlation of Tonsillectomy with Palatine Tonsil Size [PDF]
We aimed to investigate the correlation of tonsillectomy with palatine tonsil size and to compare the differences of tonsil size and the need for surgery in children and adults. Also we can predict the outcome of tonsillectomy.
Shafaat Davoodreza
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Schwannoma of the Palatine Tonsil [PDF]
Schwannomas can originate in any peripheral, autonomic, or cranial nerve except the olfactory and optic nerves. Between 25 and 48% of all schwannomas have been reported to arise in the head and neck, with the acoustic nerve being the most common site of origin there.
Neena, Chaudhary +2 more
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Childhood lymphangiomatous polyp of the palatine tonsil is a very unusual lesion found in the head and neck. Tonsillectomy has been reported to be the curative procedure of choice for this lesion.
Edward Park +3 more
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Clinical periodontal diagnosis
Abstract Periodontal diseases include pathological conditions elicited by the presence of bacterial biofilms leading to a host response. In the diagnostic process, clinical signs such as bleeding on probing, development of periodontal pockets and gingival recessions, furcation involvement and presence of radiographic bone loss should be assessed prior ...
Giovanni E. Salvi +5 more
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