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Schwannoma (neurilemmoma) of the tonsil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. S. Lall*
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
R. M. Walsh
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
D. C. Rowlands
Affiliation:
Departments of Pathology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
I. Donaldson
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
*
Address for correspondence: Dr G. S. Lall, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH.

Abstract

Schwannoma of the tonsil is an extremely uncommon clinical entity with only one reported case in an adult in the medical literature to date. We report, to our knowledge, the first known case in a child.

Type
Pathology in Focus
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999

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