Tonsillar actinomycosis mimicking a tonsillolith: colonization of the palantine tonsil presenting as a foul-smelling, removable, unilateral, giant tonsillar concretion.
Cohen
Philip R
PR
The University of Houston Health Center, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. mitehead@aol.com
Tschen
Jaime A
JA
D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D002137:Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006209:Halitosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014068:Tonsillectomy