Lymphoid papillary hyperplasia in palatine tonsils

Document Type : Case Report

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1 Assistant Professor, Otorhinolaryngology – head and neck surgery department

2 Assistant Professor, Pathology department,

3 Resident, Pathology department, Imam Reza hospital

4 Assistant Professor, Otorhinolaryngology – head and neck surgery department, Ghaem hospital

5 General Physician, Mashhad university of medical sciences, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Lymphoid  papillary hyperplasia is a rare benign lesion of the palatine tonsils with a papillary surface configuration so atypical which could clinically be mistaken for a  carcinoma or papilloma.
Case report:  The following report describes a 7-year-old girl with papillomatous lesions of both palatine tonsils.
 

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Iranian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 20, Issue 52 - Serial Number 52
July and August 2008
Pages 95-97

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