title: Palatine tonsil cyst in a dog.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Degner
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Ehrhart
mesh_terms: 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