title: Tonsillar actinomycosis mimicking a tonsillolith: colonization of the palantine tonsil presenting as a foul-smelling, removable, unilateral, giant tonsillar concretion.
authors.affiliation: The University of Houston Health Center, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA. mitehead@aol.com
authors.forename: Philip R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Jaime A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Tschen
mesh_terms: 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