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Ectopic Oral Tonsillar Tissue: A Case Series with Bilateral and Solitary Presentations and a Review of the Literature

An ectopic tonsil is defined as tonsillar tissue that develops in areas outside of the four major tonsil groups: the palatine, lingual, pharyngeal, and tubal tonsils. The occurrence of tonsillar tissue in the oral cavity in ectopic locations, its prevalence, and its developmental mechanisms that bel...

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Autores principales: Kimura, Masashi, Nagao, Toru, Saito, Terumi, Warnakulasuriya, Saman, Ohto, Hiroyuki, Takahashi, Akihito, Komaki, Kanji, Naganawa, Yoshiyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25664186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/518917