title: The lingual tonsil. A neglected symptomatic structure?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Golding-Wood
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Whittet
mesh_terms: 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