Ectopic salivary tissue of the tonsil: a case report
| Autor: | Udayan K. Shah, Marta Guttenberg, Jeffrey B. Wise, Kriti Sehgal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Salivary gland business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Palatine Tonsil Treatment outcome General Medicine Choristoma Salivary Glands Tonsillectomy Treatment Outcome medicine.anatomical_structure stomatognathic system Otorhinolaryngology Embryology Tonsil Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Humans Female business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 69:567-571 |
| ISSN: | 0165-5876 |
| Popis: | To report one patient with an ectopic salivary tissue tag on the tonsil, and review the embryology, management, and implications of this benign disorder. Case report with literature review. Ectopic salivary tissue presented on the tonsil of a child as a painless, growing, unilateral pale exophytic mass. Tonsillectomy was performed to provide diagnosis, and was curative. Ectopic salivary tissue of the tonsil is a rare finding. Tonsillectomy allows for definitive diagnosis and treatment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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