[Report of a case: large tonsillolith in palatine tonsil].
A 69-year-old woman presented with a one-year history of dysphagia and a hard overgrowth of the right palatine tonsil visible in oral examination. Computerized Tomography scan showed a big calcified lesion inside the tonsil not seen in a pharyngoscopy. Tonsillectomy was performed and a giant tonsillolith was found inside the resected piece. The calculus was 3 x 2 x 2.3 cm and with an irregular-pyramidal shape. Normal tonsillar tissue with many colonies of Actionomyces inside the tonsillar crypts was the definitive pathological feature.
Cogolludo Pérez
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Servicio de ORL, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid.
Martín del Guayo
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Olalla Tabar
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Poch Broto
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D000368:Aged; D002137:Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010159:Palate; D014066:Palatine Tonsil; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
A propósito de un caso: gran tonsilolito en amígdala palatina.