title: [Unilateral tonsillar enlargement and malignant tonsillar lymphoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study clinic characters of malignant lymphoma in patients with unilateral tonsillar enlargement for early discover and synthetic therapy clinic characters of malignant lymphoma patients with unilateral tonsillar enlargement for early discover and synthetic therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  10 cases of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) out of 100 unilateral tonsillar enlargement patients given tonsillectomy were treated with combined chemotherapy. 8 cases of 10 underwent local radiotherapy after operation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  5 years survival rate was 60% in 10 patients with NHL.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Progressing unilateral swollen tonsil found in a short time with suspicious appearance should be given tonsillectomy for histopathology; upper airway and systematic symptoms such as fever and rigors, night sweats; lymphatic enlargement in cervical, axillary, inguinal region; hepatosplenomegaly should be thought of main traits of malignant lymphoma, and hyposensitivity to medicine should be taken malignant lymphoma into account.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery,Affiliated Nanjing First Hospital of Nanjing Medical University,Nanjing 210006.
authors.forename: Jianwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Xianchao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Changkuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014068:Tonsillectomy