title: Persistent earache due  to tonsillolith.
abstract: Tonsilloliths are rare dystrophic calcification formed as a result of chronic inflammation of the tonsils. Tonsilloliths tend to occur more commonly with increasing age and are relatively rare in children. We report a case of unilateral tonsilloliths in an eight-year-old boy, who presented with earaches and history of regurgitating tiny yellowish-white foul smelling pellets. The tonsilloliths were successfully removed under local anaesthesia following which the symptoms subsided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences (SLIMS), Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pillaiyarkuppam, Pondicherry, India 607 402. babuarun@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Thirunavukkarasu Arun
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Babu
authors.forename: Noyal Mariya
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Joseph
mesh_terms: D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004433:Earache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014066:Palatine Tonsil; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012008:Recurrence