Giant tonsillolith: Report of a case;Tonsilolito gigante: A propósito de un caso

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-242

  Silvestre Donat, Francisco Javier ^a,b   Pla Mocholi, Angel ^a   Estelles Ferriol, Enrique ^a   Martinez Mihi, Victoria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DR PESET   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calculus; Tonsillolith; Tonsils

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM STONE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; PALATINE TONSIL; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLOLITH;

CALCULI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHIASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 18744374600     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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