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[Tonsillar hamartoma]
D Hellin Meseguer1, J E Hernández, E Merino Gálvez
1Servicio O.R.L. Hospital de la Vega Baja del Segura, Orihuela-Alicante.
Anales Otorrinolaringologicos Ibero-Americanos
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
Reporting the case of a young woman, 25, with long lasting dysphagia. At examination a pediculated polypoid formation in the lower pole of the left amygdala is verified (3 x 2 cms). After removal, under local anesthesia, is diagnosed as an hamartomatous tonsillar polyp. Review of the literature, analysis of several etiopathogenical theories and differential diagnosis with other resembling amygdaline conditions.