The lingual tonsil. A neglected symptomatic structure?
Surgical treatment of the lingual tonsil is seldom performed because problems attributable to chronic lingual tonsillar hypertrophy are infrequently diagnosed. We have reviewed a series of 25 patients with symptoms from enlarged lingual tonsils. The variety of presentation of lingual tonsillar lesions and the methods of surgical treatment are discussed.
Golding-Wood
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Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
Whittet
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery