Tonsillar tissue remains after the procedure but is less prominent.

The exact cause of tonsillar stones is not known.

Acute tonsillitis is the most common manifestation of tonsillar disease.

They may be relieved by infiltration of lidocaine into the tonsillar bed.

These tumors present in advanced-stage disease more often than cancers of the tonsillar pillar.

Obstructive tonsillar hypertrophy is currently the most common reason for tonsillectomy.

Tonsillectomy may be indicated if bad breath due to tonsillar stones persists despite other measures.

If the tonsil is not present, biopsy of the tonsillar fossa should be performed.

However, it is still an open question whether tonsillar hypertrophy is also caused by a persistent infection.

In human palatine tonsils, the very first part exposed to the outside environment is tonsillar epithelium.

Two hours after the operation he developed a reactionary haemorrhage from the right tonsillar fossa and was returned to the theatre.

Consequently, tonsillar tissue is an important area of pre-operative assessment (Ysunza et al., 1993).

Tonsillar region, which includes the fossa and the anterior and posterior pillars.

Together this set of lymphatic tissue is called the tonsillar ring or Waldeyer's ring.

While true tonsillar stones are rare, small areas of calcification or concretions are relatively common.

A few months after winning the Cup, Gardiner died from a brain hemorrhage brought on by a tonsillar infection, at the age of 29.

So can a tonsillar abscess.

Upper airway obstruction from tonsillar hypertrophy is rare.

Tonsillar hypertrophy is the enlargement of the tonsils, but without the history of inflammation.

A small number of lesions (usually 2 - 6) form in the back area of the mouth, particularly the soft palate or tonsillar pillars.

Symptoms tend to be worsened on bimanual palpation of the styloid through the tonsillar bed.

They have associated mucous glands which are drained by ducts directly into the single tonsillar crypt.

This structure covers the tonsillar fossa.

Includes bright red and enlarged tonsils or presence of white or yellow tonsillar exudate.

The anterior tonsillar pillar and tonsil is the most common location for a primary tumor of the oropharynx.

Another dire consequence of increased ICP combined with a space-occupying process is brain herniation (usually uncal or tonsilar).

One of the first references to casual brain herniation was that of James Colier, who clearly described cerebellar tonsilar herniation in 1904.

Progression from decorticate posturing to decerebrate posturing is often indicative of uncal (transtentorial) or tonsilar brain herniation.

Detection of the archetypal regulatory region of JC virus from the tonsil tissue of patients with tonsillitis and tonsilar hypertrophy.

Šercer published 170 scientific papers, among which outstanding places belong to his works in the field of otolaryngological propaedeutics and clinical treatment, plastic surgery of the nose and ear, oral surgery and tonsilar problems.

The prevalence of congenital Chiari I malformation, defined as tonsilar herniations of 3 to 5 mm or greater, had been estimated to be in the range of one per 1000 births, but may be much higher.