title: Tonsillar haemorrhage and measles.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT Surgery, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Semeraro
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008457:Measles / Q000150:complications*; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology