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The lingual tonsil. A neglected symptomatic structure?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

David G. Golding-Wood  and
Heikki B. Whittet
David G. Golding-Wood*
Affiliation:
London
Heikki B. Whittet
Affiliation:
London
*
Mr D. G. Golding-Wood, FRCS, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, 330-336 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA.
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Abstract

Surgical treatment of the lingual tonsil is seldom performed because problems attributable to chronic lingual tonsillar hypertrophy are infrequently diagnosed. We have reviewed a series of 25 patients with symptoms from enlarged lingual tonsils. The variety of presentation of lingual tonsillar lessions and the methods of surgical treatment are discussed.

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 10 , October 1989 , pp. 922 - 925
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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