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dc.contributor.authorKhan, Sardar U
dc.contributor.authorKenefick, Cyril
dc.contributor.authorO'Leary, Gerard
dc.contributor.authorLucey, James J
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-01T10:42:23Z
dc.date.available2012-02-01T10:42:23Z
dc.date.issued2012-02-01T10:42:23Z
dc.identifier.citationEar Nose Throat J. 2010 Apr;89(4):E4-5.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn1942-7522 (Electronic)en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0145-5613 (Linking)en_GB
dc.identifier.pmid20397136en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/207734
dc.description.abstractWe describe the case of a 57-year-old man who was referred to us with persistent sore throat, dysphagia, and enlarged tonsils. He had not responded to earlier treatment with antibiotic therapy and other routine measures. In view of the persistent nature of the patient's symptoms and the tonsillar hypertrophy, we decided to perform a tonsillectomy and to send the excised specimens for pathologic analysis. Histologic evaluation identified non-Hodgkin lymphoma in both tonsils. The patient was treated with postoperative chemo- and radiotherapy, and he was free of symptoms during 18 months of follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, only 4 cases of bilateral non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the tonsils have been reported in the English-language literature. We also discuss the importance of histologic analysis of excised tonsil tissue in selected cases.
dc.language.isoengen_GB
dc.subject.meshChemotherapy, Adjuvanten_GB
dc.subject.meshChronic Diseaseen_GB
dc.subject.meshDiagnosis, Differentialen_GB
dc.subject.meshHumansen_GB
dc.subject.meshHypertrophyen_GB
dc.subject.meshLymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/*diagnosis/drug therapy/pathology/radiotherapyen_GB
dc.subject.meshMaleen_GB
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_GB
dc.subject.meshPalatine Tonsil/*pathologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshPharyngitis/*etiologyen_GB
dc.subject.meshRadiotherapy, Adjuvanten_GB
dc.subject.meshTonsillar Neoplasms/*diagnosis/drug therapy/pathology/radiotherapyen_GB
dc.subject.mesh*Tonsillectomyen_GB
dc.titleNon-Hodgkin lymphoma presenting as bilateral tonsillar hypertrophy: case report.en_GB
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, South Infirmary-Victoria, University Hospital, Cork, Ireland. sardarent@hotmail.comen_GB
dc.identifier.journalEar, nose, & throat journalen_GB
dc.description.provinceMunster
html.description.abstractWe describe the case of a 57-year-old man who was referred to us with persistent sore throat, dysphagia, and enlarged tonsils. He had not responded to earlier treatment with antibiotic therapy and other routine measures. In view of the persistent nature of the patient's symptoms and the tonsillar hypertrophy, we decided to perform a tonsillectomy and to send the excised specimens for pathologic analysis. Histologic evaluation identified non-Hodgkin lymphoma in both tonsils. The patient was treated with postoperative chemo- and radiotherapy, and he was free of symptoms during 18 months of follow-up. To the best of our knowledge, only 4 cases of bilateral non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the tonsils have been reported in the English-language literature. We also discuss the importance of histologic analysis of excised tonsil tissue in selected cases.


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