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A rare tonsillar metastasis of Merkel cell carcinoma: A case report
Clinical Case Reports, 2023 Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) metastasis to the tonsil is extremely rare with five published cases. We report the case of a patient with palatine tonsillar MCC metastasis, who presented without oropharyngeal symptoms, which contrast prior reported cases.
Precious C. Okonkwo +4 more
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Lymphangiomatous Polyp of Palatine Tonsil in A Child Presenting with Dysphagia and Dysarthria [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Pedunculated lymphangiomatous polyps of the tonsil are rare benign lesions that have been described in literature using varied nomenclature. Majority of the cases have been reported in adults with varying clinical symptoms.
Yasmeen Khatib +4 more
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Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, 2005 A 13 year old female patient presented to ENT OPD with chronic recurrent tonsillitis and underwent tonsillectomy. The histopathological examination revealed heterotopic cartilage in both the tonsils. The postoperative period was uneventful. The histopathologic finding of choristom of the tonsil is rare.
P C, Modayil +4 more
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Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 1999 Benign neoplasms of the tonsillar region are rare and these include haemangiomas, fibromas, lipomas and schwannomas (Friedmann I, 1986). True fibromas of oral cavity and oropharynxes are very rare (Waal I. V., Snow, G. B. 1993). Fibromas have been recorded in nasal cavity, pharynx and larynx (Fu Y. S., Perzin K. H. 1976), We report a case of fibroma of
J P, Goravalingappa, K C, Mariyappa
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EBV Impact in Peripheral Macrophages’ Polarization Cytokines in Pediatric Patients
Viruses, 2023 Macrophages are exceptionally flexible cells. The presence of inflammatory cytokines such as IFN-γ and TNF-α results in an M1 (CD68) activation, while cytokines such as IL-10 or TGF-β induce the M2 (CD163) activation. Our aim was to study the behavior of
Agustina Moyano +6 more
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1903 Ablation of hypertrophied tonsils is a procedure which has become generally indorsed by the profession of medicine, though in earlier years its advocates were less numerous and many sturdy opponents contended that the proper course to pursue was to patiently await Nature's cure by absorption or, as most often worded, until the patient would outgrow the
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Journal of the Scientific Society, 2014 We present this unusual case of the clinical importance of a 50-year-old male patient who presented with foreign body sensation in the throat and halitosis of 20 days duration.
Umesh Das +3 more
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Dysregulated microRNA Expression Relevant to TERT Promoter Mutations in Tonsil Cancer—A Pilot Study
Life, 2023 Tonsillar squamous cell carcinomas (TSCCs) exhibit high rates of human papillomavirus (HPV) positivity. The expression profiles of microRNA (miRNA), which are small RNA molecules that play pivotal roles in biological processes, in TSCC in relation to the
Mi Jung Kwon +7 more
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THE TONSILS IN CHILDHOOD [PDF]
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 1912 The tonsils have attracted many investigators, but the results of the investigations are unsatisfactory and often contradictory. Connected by many in a very direct way with local disease elsewhere as well as with systemic disturbances, it is especially necessary because of the incompleteness of our knowledge that we should have our attention directed ...
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