title: Fibroepithelial polyp of the tonsil: case report of a rare, benign tonsillar lesion.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report the case of a man presenting with a tonsillar mass causing difficult breathing, snoring and disturbed sleep.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient was found to have a fibroepithelial polyp of the left tonsil.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, this is the first case of its type to be presented in the English-language literature. The case is presented and the tumour and its management are discussed.
authors: ENT Department, Edith Cavell Hospital, Peterborough, UK.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Farboud
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Trinidade
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authors: M
authors: Harris
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Pfleiderer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018225:Neoplasms, Fibroepithelial / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011127:Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014067:Tonsillar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome