The Journal of otolaryngology · 2007
Tonsillectomy and biopsy for asymptomatic asymmetric tonsillar enlargement: are we right?
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Puttasiddaiah Paramesh, Kumar Manoj, Gopalan Pushkas, Browning Simon T
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of malignancy in patients with clinically asymmetrical tonsils and who are otherwise asymptomatic.
DESIGN: Retrospective review of our experience based on case note review, carried out in a district general hospital setting during a period of two years.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: 142 patients who had undergone tonsillectomy and biosy were included in the study. Histological studies of all these patients obtained and correlated with the clinical findings.
RESULTS: None of the patients with asymmetric enlargement of tonsils but are otherwise asymptomatic had shown histological evidence of malignancy. However all the 3 patients with associated suspicious symptoms in the presence of asymmetric tonsils were diagnosed as having tonsillar malignancy.
CONCLUSION: Tonsillar asymmetry in the absence of other associated risk factors may not indicate malignancy and a period of watchful waiting is considered appropriate prior to any surgical intervention.
DESIGN: Retrospective review of our experience based on case note review, carried out in a district general hospital setting during a period of two years.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: 142 patients who had undergone tonsillectomy and biosy were included in the study. Histological studies of all these patients obtained and correlated with the clinical findings.
RESULTS: None of the patients with asymmetric enlargement of tonsils but are otherwise asymptomatic had shown histological evidence of malignancy. However all the 3 patients with associated suspicious symptoms in the presence of asymmetric tonsils were diagnosed as having tonsillar malignancy.
CONCLUSION: Tonsillar asymmetry in the absence of other associated risk factors may not indicate malignancy and a period of watchful waiting is considered appropriate prior to any surgical intervention.