Palatine tonsil cyst in a dog.
A 7-year-old spayed female Doberman Pinscher had a fluctuant red mass that filled the entire crypt of the left palatine tonsil. The mass was surgically excised and was found to be a tonsillar cyst on histologic examination. Because the cyst was lined with pseudostratified epithelium, embryonic origin was the most probable etiopathogenesis.
Degner
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Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
Bauer
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Ehrhart
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EJ
D000818:Animals; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D014066:Palatine Tonsil