title: [Pleomorphic adenoma causing a peritonsillar abscess].
abstract: Pleomorphic adenoma located in the soft palate is extremely rare. We report a 42-year-old woman, who presented to the ear nose & throat department with a mucosal swelling of the right soft palate mimicking a peritonsillar abscess. Drainage was attempted several times without significant results. Emergency tonsillectomy was carried out, which showed a tumour intraorally beside the right tonsil. The tumour and the tonsil were radically excised. Histological analysis of the tumour revealed a pleomorphic adenoma. At three-month follow-up the patient was doing well and MRI scan revealed a residual tumour of 6 mm.
authors.affiliation: Øre, næse og halsafdelingen, Køge -Sygehus, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge. daniel_glazer@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Daniel Victor
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Glazer
authors.forename: Frans
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rømeling
mesh_terms: D008949:Adenoma, Pleomorphic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000039:Peritonsillar Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014068:Tonsillectomy