A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp

OBJECTIVE: Solitary mass lesions of the palatine tonsils are rare in children. While a tonsillar mass can be concerning for a neoplasm, benign conditions may present with a mass arising from the surface of the palatine tonsils in children. We describe clinical and histopathological characteristics o...

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Autores principales: Ji, Hongzhao, Ulualp, Seckin O, Sengupta, Anita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5308525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28228963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X16688832
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Sengupta, Anita
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description OBJECTIVE: Solitary mass lesions of the palatine tonsils are rare in children. While a tonsillar mass can be concerning for a neoplasm, benign conditions may present with a mass arising from the surface of the palatine tonsils in children. We describe clinical and histopathological characteristics of a lymphoid polyp in a child with unilateral tonsillar mass. METHODS: Retrospective chart review. RESULTS: A 6-year-old girl presented for evaluation of recurrent acute tonsillitis and a mass on the left palatine tonsil. A pedunculated mass with the base attached to the left palatine tonsil was observed. The mass was completely removed by tonsillectomy. The final diagnosis was lymphoid polyp. CONCLUSION: Pediatricians, otolaryngologists, and pathologists should be aware of the occurrence of tonsillar lymphoid polyp in the pediatric age group.
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spelling pubmed-53085252017-02-22 A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp Ji, Hongzhao Ulualp, Seckin O Sengupta, Anita SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report OBJECTIVE: Solitary mass lesions of the palatine tonsils are rare in children. While a tonsillar mass can be concerning for a neoplasm, benign conditions may present with a mass arising from the surface of the palatine tonsils in children. We describe clinical and histopathological characteristics of a lymphoid polyp in a child with unilateral tonsillar mass. METHODS: Retrospective chart review. RESULTS: A 6-year-old girl presented for evaluation of recurrent acute tonsillitis and a mass on the left palatine tonsil. A pedunculated mass with the base attached to the left palatine tonsil was observed. The mass was completely removed by tonsillectomy. The final diagnosis was lymphoid polyp. CONCLUSION: Pediatricians, otolaryngologists, and pathologists should be aware of the occurrence of tonsillar lymphoid polyp in the pediatric age group. SAGE Publications 2017-01-18 /pmc/articles/PMC5308525/ /pubmed/28228963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X16688832 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp
title A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp
title_full A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp
title_fullStr A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp
title_full_unstemmed A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp
title_short A rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: Lymphoid polyp
title_sort rare cause of tonsil mass in a child: lymphoid polyp
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5308525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28228963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X16688832
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