title: [Actinomyces as a causal agent of tonsillar pathology].
abstract: Various tonsillar diseases caused by Actinomyces are described, including acute and chronic tonsillitis and neoplasm-like forms. These forms are illustrated by a clinical case because of the importance of considering this cause in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital Universitario de Valladolid.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Miyar Villar
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Morais Pérez
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Blasco Gutiérrez
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martín Sigüenza
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: El Actinomyces como agente causal de patología amigdalar.