title: Anisakiasis of the tonsils.
abstract: 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.
authors: Otolaryngology Division, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Bhargava
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Raman
authors: M Z
authors: MZ
authors: El Azzouni
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Bhargava
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Bhusnurmath
mesh_terms: D017129:Anisakiasis / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000469:parasitology*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D014068:Tonsillectomy