Anisakiasis of the tonsils.
A six-year-old Indian girl presenting with clinical features of chronic recurrent tonsillitis, had a tonsillectomy. Histopathology revealed a cross-section of an Anisakis worm in the tonsil. This report documents a new location in the human host for this rare parasite.
Bhargava
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Otolaryngology Division, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
Raman
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El Azzouni
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Bhargava
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Bhusnurmath
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D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000469:parasitology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D014068:Tonsillectomy