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Polypoid lipoma of the palatine tonsil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Louis R. Bégin  and
Saul Frenkiel
Louis R. Bégin*
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, McGill University and the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Saul Frenkiel
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, McGill University and the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
*
Dr Louis R. Begin, Department of Pathology, The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote Ste-Catherine Road, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2. Fax: (514)340-7510
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Abstract

A polypoid, pedunculated tumour of the left palatine tonsil was incidentally detected in a 42-year-old female. It was composed of mature fat and was covered by a nonkeratinizing squamous epithelium with an underlying rim of fibrous tissue. The literature on tonsillar lipoma is reviewed and the differential diagnosis of polypoid lesions of the tonsil is discussed.

Keywords

Tonsillar neoplasmsLipoma
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 6 , June 1993 , pp. 556 - 558
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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