Comparison of clinical and histopathological evaluation of tonsils in pediatric and adult patients

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1309-1313

  Papouliakos, S ^a   Karkos, Petros D ^b,d   Korres, G ^a   Karatzias, G ^c   Sastry, A ^b   Riga, M ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^d 36 Hopkinsons Court ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Histology; Lymphoma; Malignancy; Pathology; Risk factors; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHOMA; PALPATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TONSIL CANCER; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREECE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATINE TONSIL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650762753     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0869-4     Document Type: Article

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