title: Idiopathic spontaneous tonsillar haemorrhage.
abstract: Since the advent of antibiotics major spontaneous tonsillar haemorrhage is extremely rare. The causes are usually ascribed to vessel wall erosion secondary to bacterial infection or infectious mononucleosis. We report the case of a 20-year-old female, presenting to the ENT department with tonsillar bleeding in the absence of any identifiable infective or traumatic process.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014066:Palatine Tonsil