Hodgkin's disease and tonsillectomy.
We have reviewed the evidence associating tonsillectomy and Hodgkin's disease. Hodgkin's disease and tonsillectomy may share certain epidemiologic features, such as higher socioeconomic status. Does tonsillectomy lead to Hodgkin's disease? There is no evidence for this, nor is there any plausible reason to suspect it on the basis of the experimental evidence to date.
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Kaplan
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D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000276:immunology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*