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Hope N, Patricia Smith C, Moran M, et al. An unusual case of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy. Clin Case Rep. 2016;4(5):526-7doi: 10.1002/ccr3.552.
Hope, N., Patricia Smith, C., Moran, M., & Primrose, W. (2016). An unusual case of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy. Clinical case reports, 4(5), 526-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.552
Hope, Nicholas, et al. "An unusual case of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy." Clinical case reports vol. 4,5 (2016): 526-7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.552
Hope N, Patricia Smith C, Moran M, Primrose W. An unusual case of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy. Clin Case Rep. 2016 Mar 29;4(5):526-7. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.552. eCollection 2016 May. PMID: 27190622; PMCID: PMC4856252.
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Clin Case Rep. 2016 Mar 29;4(5):526-7. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.552. eCollection 2016 May.

An unusual case of lingual tonsillar hypertrophy.

Clinical case reports

Nicholas Hope, Caroline Patricia Smith, Michael Moran, William Primrose

Affiliations

  1. ENT Department Royal Victoria Hospital 274 Grosvenor Road Belfast BT12 6BA UK.
  2. ENT Department Royal Victoria Hospital 274 Grosvenor Road Belfast BT12 6BA UK; Present address: Antrim Area Hospital 45 Bush Rd Antrim BT41 2RL UK.
  3. ENT Department Royal Victoria Hospital 274 Grosvenor Road Belfast BT12 6BA UK; Present address: University College London London UK.

PMID: 27190622 PMCID: PMC4856252 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.552

Abstract

Lingual tonsillar hypertrophy is an unusual presentation of voice change. If managed incorrectly this group of patients has the potential to deteriorate significantly causing airway obstruction and potentially death.

Keywords: Airway; ENT; emergency; otoloaryngology; tonsils

References

  1. Anesthesiology. 2002 Jul;97(1):124-32 - PubMed
  2. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2006 Sep;135(3):487-8 - PubMed
  3. Acta Otolaryngol. 2015 Jan;135(1):64-9 - PubMed
  4. Clin Case Rep. 2016 Mar 29;4(5):526-7 - PubMed

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