Epidermoid cyst of the tonsil: a rare finding

Epidermoid cysts (ECs) are benign lesions that can be encountered throughout the body, but with a low incidence in the head and neck (1.6 to 7%). In oral cavity, the most common affected site is floor of the mouth, but tonsillar location remains extremely rare (less than 0.01%). Here we present an e...

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Autores principales: Bouatay, Rachida, Jellali, Sondos, Abdejelil, Nouha, Koubaa, Jamel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6850734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31762873
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.34.4.18193
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author Bouatay, Rachida
Jellali, Sondos
Abdejelil, Nouha
Koubaa, Jamel
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description Epidermoid cysts (ECs) are benign lesions that can be encountered throughout the body, but with a low incidence in the head and neck (1.6 to 7%). In oral cavity, the most common affected site is floor of the mouth, but tonsillar location remains extremely rare (less than 0.01%). Here we present an epidermoid cyst of the right palatine tonsil which was incidentally detected in a patient who consulted for a chronic headache.
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spelling pubmed-68507342019-11-22 Epidermoid cyst of the tonsil: a rare finding Bouatay, Rachida Jellali, Sondos Abdejelil, Nouha Koubaa, Jamel Pan Afr Med J Case Report Epidermoid cysts (ECs) are benign lesions that can be encountered throughout the body, but with a low incidence in the head and neck (1.6 to 7%). In oral cavity, the most common affected site is floor of the mouth, but tonsillar location remains extremely rare (less than 0.01%). Here we present an epidermoid cyst of the right palatine tonsil which was incidentally detected in a patient who consulted for a chronic headache. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2019-09-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6850734/ /pubmed/31762873 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2019.34.4.18193 Text en © Rachida Bouatay et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6850734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31762873
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