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Oral Tonsils (Ectopic Oral Tonsillar Tissue)

From Volume 31, Issue 5, June 2004 | Pages 291-292

Authors

K. Patel

BDS, MFDS

Senior House Officer, Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH.

Articles by K. Patel

S. Ariyaratnam

MDS, FDS

Lecturer, Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH.

Articles by S. Ariyaratnam

P. Sloan

PhD, FDS, FRCPath

Consultant, Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH.

Articles by P. Sloan

M.N. Pemberton

MBChB, FDS

Consultant, Oral and Maxillofacial Sciences, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH.

Articles by M.N. Pemberton

Abstract

Oral tonsils (ectopic oral tonsillar tissue) are rarely remarked upon. They may cause diagnostic confusion, especially when found in the floor of the mouth. We report here two cases of patients presenting because of oral tonsillar tissue, to remind colleagues of its occurrence and the need to consider the lesion in the differential diagnosis of soft tissue nodules of the oral cavity.

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