EPIDERMOID CYST OF THE PALATINE TONSIL: AN INCIDENTAL RARE FINDING AND LITERATURE REVIEW
| Autor: | Ayşe Nur Uğur Kilinç |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry medicine.medical_treatment General Engineering Medical practice Epidermoid cyst respiratory system Hyperplasia Malignancy medicine.disease Dermatology Palatine tonsil Tonsillectomy stomatognathic diseases medicine.anatomical_structure stomatognathic system Tonsil otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Differential diagnosis business |
| Zdroj: | Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi. 15:112-115 |
| ISSN: | 1303-6610 |
| DOI: | 10.17517/ksutfd.728417 |
| Popis: | Epidermoid cysts are developmental lesions and may be seen in the head and neck area with an incidence rate of 2% as well as in different organs of the body. Epidermoid cysts are located in sublingual, submental, submandibular and buccal mucosa and rarely at tonsils in the head and neck area. They congenitally occur in fetal period or occur as an acquired lesion due to a trauma or implant after surgery. In this case report, we will discuss the epidermoid cyst, a rare incidental finding developing at tonsils, in a 6-year-old boy with chronic tonsillitis with literature review. In conclusion, tonsil hyperplasia may also be caused by cystic developments at the tonsils. It should clinically be kept in mind especially in differential diagnosis of malignancy in the asymmetry of tonsils. Tonsillectomy materials commonly used in routine medical practice should be histopathologically and carefully examined and other accompanying pathologies of chronic tonsillitis should also be considered |
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