Examination findings include inflamed reddened mucosa over the upper pole of the tonsillar fossa, swollen soft palate and an enlarged tonsil, if present. The uvula is pushed to the opposite side.

‌Tonsillar hypertrophy is when your or your child’s tonsils become swollen. Enlarged tonsils are a common condition, more likely to happen in children. Surgery to remove the tonsils might be ...

Tonsillar hypertrophy is another term for enlarged tonsils. While they’re sometimes a sign of an infection, they don’t always have a clear cause, especially in children. We’ll go over why ...

If tonsil stones re-form and continue to cause health problems, however, a tonsillectomy may become the appropriate solution. Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla.edu. The Spokesman ...

Blind biopsy of the right tonsillar fossa shows squamous cell carcinoma. Biopsies of the base of. A 52-year-old woman with no history of smoking underwent tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in childhood.

The patient sought care for a mass in her right buttock, but had no tonsillar symptoms. Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) is a rare neuroendocrine tumor that most commonly affects the head, neck, and ...

The incidence of advanced neck disease in small primary tonsil cancer increased during the past 2 decades, but the trend appears to be due to the rising rate of tonsillar cancer, rather than a new ...

A 44-year-old man with tonsillar carcinoma could not undergo resection because of rapid growth and skin involvement. He did not respond to a course of induction chemotherapy. What would you recommend?

In tonsillar germinal centres from patients with IgAN, antigen-experienced B cells with a switched IgG or IgA B-cell receptor expressed both the common cleavable form of APRIL and an uncleavable ...

Causes. A quinsy is thought to be due to suppuration of tonsillar tissue or remaining tissue at the upper tonsillar pole if the patient has already had a tonsillectomy, extending into the loose ...