Bilateral lymphangiomatous polyps of the palatine tonsils.
Lymphangiomatous polyps of the tonsils are rare with less than 30 cases reported in the literature. All have been unilateral. We report a case of a child with bilateral lymphangiomatous polyps of the palatine tonsils that was suspected on preoperative examination as opposed to an incidental postoperative histologic finding. These findings were also correlated with a further imaging study to establish this entity as a localized rather than a generalized histologic phenomenon.
Chen
Henry H
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Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Denver, 12631 East 17th Avenue, B-205, Aurora, CO 80045, United States. henry.chen@ucdenver.edu
Lovell
Mark A
MA
Chan
Kenny H
KH
D000233:Adenoidectomy; D001706:Biopsy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008202:Lymphangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014068:Tonsillectomy