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Tonsil volume, tonsil grade and obstructive sleep apnea: is there any meaningful correlation? [PDF]
Clinics, 2011 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to evaluate the correlation between oropharyngeal examination and objective palatine tonsil volume in snoring adults and verify the influence of the oropharyngeal anatomy, body mass index, age, and severity of ...
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Tonsil explants as a human in vitro model to study vaccine responses
Frontiers in ImmunologyIntroductionVaccination is one of the most effective infection prevention strategies. Viruses with high mutation rates -such as influenza- escape vaccine-induced immunity and represent significant challenges to vaccine design.
Ivan Martin, Manuele Giuseppe Muraro
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Correlations Between the Adenotonsillar Microbiome and Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Patients With Snoring [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2021 Objectives Few studies have reported combined analyses of the microbiome of the adenoids and tonsils in pediatric patients with snoring, and correlations of the adenotonsillar microbiome with clinical characteristics have not been evaluated to date.
Kyung Soo Kim, Hyun Jin Min
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Intrathyroidal metastasis of tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma masquerading as a primary thyroid tumor [PDF]
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine, 2023 Intrathyroidal metastasis of tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma is rare. To date, only six cases have been reported in the literature. This case was unusual and presented with thyromegaly before the diagnosis of the primary tumor.
Jai-Hyang Go
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Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Objectives: Hypertrophic palatine tonsils play a role in the blockage of the upper airway, one of the known causes of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Therefore, it is possible that there is an association between tonsil size and the success of pharyngeal ...
Silvia Matarredona-Quiles +4 more
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Correlation between Tonsil Shadow Area on Skull Lateral View and Tonsil Volume after Tonsillectomy [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Research, 2019 Background and Objective To begin with, an adenotonsillectomy is one of the most common operations in children who have been diagnosed with a condition of sleep-disordered breathing.
Ho Chan Kim +2 more
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Клінічна та профілактична медицина, 2023 Introduction: Among children with hypertrophy of pharyngeal tonsils undergoing adenoidectomy, 31.3% of cases show hypertrophy of the torus tubarius, even in the absence of middle ear pathology.
Kateryna V. Lyakh +4 more
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Distinct microbial communities colonize tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma
OncoImmunology, 2021 Squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil is one of the most frequent cancers of the oropharynx. The escalating rate of tonsil cancer during the last decades is associated with the increase of high risk-human papilloma virus (HR-HPV) infections.
Angelina De Martin +12 more
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The forgotten tonsils—does the immune active organ absorb nanoplastics?
Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 2022 Nanoplastics are defined as plastic particles broken down to extremely small sizes (1–100 nm) with unknown effects to the human body and immune system. Air and food exposure scenarios involving blood, lungs and intestine are considered in the literature.
Mikael T. Ekvall +7 more
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Ectopic tonsil in the floor of the mouth: A case report
Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports, 2021 Tonsil tissue not located at known anatomical locations at the entry of aero-digestive system is called ectopic tonsil. This is rarely presented clinically and may lead to diagnostic confusion when encountered.
Amanj Saber
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