Primary lymphangioma of palatine tonsil

Lymphangiomas are benign congenital tumors of the lymphatic system. Tonsillar lymphangiomas are extremely rare. Histopathological confirmation is essential to make the correct diagnosis. We report a case of primary lymphangioma of the left tonsil in a 17-year-old male patient who presented with diff...

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Autores principales: Giri, Ranjana, Dasnayak, Goutami, Raman, Sarojini, Senapati, Urmila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8123246/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34083978
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_203_20
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author Giri, Ranjana
Dasnayak, Goutami
Raman, Sarojini
Senapati, Urmila
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description Lymphangiomas are benign congenital tumors of the lymphatic system. Tonsillar lymphangiomas are extremely rare. Histopathological confirmation is essential to make the correct diagnosis. We report a case of primary lymphangioma of the left tonsil in a 17-year-old male patient who presented with difficulty in swallowing and was clinically diagnosed as a tonsillar cyst.
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spelling pubmed-81232462021-06-02 Primary lymphangioma of palatine tonsil Giri, Ranjana Dasnayak, Goutami Raman, Sarojini Senapati, Urmila J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Lymphangiomas are benign congenital tumors of the lymphatic system. Tonsillar lymphangiomas are extremely rare. Histopathological confirmation is essential to make the correct diagnosis. We report a case of primary lymphangioma of the left tonsil in a 17-year-old male patient who presented with difficulty in swallowing and was clinically diagnosed as a tonsillar cyst. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2021-03 2021-03-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8123246/ /pubmed/34083978 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.JOMFP_203_20 Text en Copyright: © 2021 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8123246/
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