Tonsillar haemorrhage and measles.
A seven-year-old girl presented with life-threatening pharyngeal haemorrhage. This was subsequently found to arise from one tonsil, and a tonsillectomy eventually halted the bleeding. Two days later she developed measles, confirmed by serology and characteristic histology. Spontaneous tonsillar haemorrhage is extremely rare, and not previously reported in measles.
John
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Department of ENT Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport.
Thomas
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Semeraro
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D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications*; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology