Dergiler / ENTcase / 2016 / Cilt: 2 - Sayı: 2

PALATİN TONSİL PLEOMORFİK ADENOMU

PALATINE TONSILLARY PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA

ADEM BİNNETOĞLU,Ayşegül GÖNEN,ALİ CEMAL YUMUŞAKHUYLU,Tekin BAĞLAM,Murat SARI

Dergi
ENTcase
Sayfa
83–86
DOI
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Özet

Tonsillectomy is one of the most applied surgeries today. Indications can be categorized into definite and relative indications. Asymmetric tonsiller hypertrophy is one of the definite indications of tonsillectomy that thecliniciansholudconsidermalignancy.Inthisstudy, we present a patient having tonsillectomy procedure with an indication of asymmetrical tonsillary hypertrophy whose histopathology was reported as pleomorphic adenoma. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study available for tonsillary adenoma in the literature.

Abstract

Tonsillectomy is one of the most applied surgeries today. Indications can be categorized into definite and relative indications. Asymmetric tonsiller hypertrophy is one of the definite indications of tonsillectomy that thecliniciansholudconsidermalignancy.Inthisstudy, we present a patient having tonsillectomy procedure with an indication of asymmetrical tonsillary hypertrophy whose histopathology was reported as pleomorphic adenoma. To the best of our knowledge, there is no study available for tonsillary adenoma in the literature.