Abstract:Introdução:O epitélio que reveste a tonsila faríngea é descrito como epitélio colunar pseudoestratificado ciliado com células caliciformes. Forma de Estudo: Experimental. Objetivo: Descrição dos tipos de epitélio de revestimento de tonsilas faríngeas e a freqüência de ocorrência destes diferentes tipos. Material e Método: Foram analisados cortes histológicos de 24 tonsilas faríngeas obtidas de adenoidectomia ou adenoamigdalectomia, em crianças de três a sete anos, no Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia da Irm… Show more
“…The tonsils are enclosed by fibrous and dense capsule, separating them from a deeper connective tissue. 6,7 In younger age group recurrent and chronic tonsillitis is very common. Malignancy of tonsils is also not very uncommon.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Figure 3: Actinomycetes colonies (H and E, X 400).DISCUSSIONPalatine and nasopharyngeal tonsils are the lymphatic clusters of the respiratory and digestive tract epithelium. The tonsils are enclosed by fibrous and dense capsule, separating them from a deeper connective tissue 6,7. In younger age group recurrent and chronic tonsillitis is very common.…”
Background: Tonsillar diseases are common in paediatric and adult otolaryngological practice and often require tonsillectomy and specimens are subjected to histopathological evaluation. Chronic tonsillitis is disease with repeated attacks of acute tonsillitis/ a sub-clinical form of a resistant or poorly treated infection. Aim of study was to determine the most common histopathological findings in patients presenting with clinical features of chronic tonsillitis.
Methods: The present study is an observational study carried out at the Departments of Pathology and Otorhinolaryngology at Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences and GK General Hospital, Bhuj from January 2019 to April 2022.
Results: A total of 35 cases of bilateral tonsillectomy were studied in a span of 40 months. There were 17 (49%) males and 18 (51%) females. The age ranges of the patients varied from 7 to 37 years with maximum number of cases less than 20 years of age. A total of 70 specimens obtained from 35 patients were studied. The most common clinical presentation was throat pain in 29 (83%) patients. The histopathological evaluation confirmed chronic tonsillitis in 40 (57%) specimens, followed by chronic lymphoid hyperplasia/ hypertrophy in 30 (43%) specimens, 14 specimens with chronic tonsilitis showed associated actinomycetes.
Conclusions: Resected tonsillectomy specimens should be routinely evaluated by histopathological examination to know the cause of enlarged tonsils.
“…The tonsils are enclosed by fibrous and dense capsule, separating them from a deeper connective tissue. 6,7 In younger age group recurrent and chronic tonsillitis is very common. Malignancy of tonsils is also not very uncommon.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Figure 3: Actinomycetes colonies (H and E, X 400).DISCUSSIONPalatine and nasopharyngeal tonsils are the lymphatic clusters of the respiratory and digestive tract epithelium. The tonsils are enclosed by fibrous and dense capsule, separating them from a deeper connective tissue 6,7. In younger age group recurrent and chronic tonsillitis is very common.…”
Background: Tonsillar diseases are common in paediatric and adult otolaryngological practice and often require tonsillectomy and specimens are subjected to histopathological evaluation. Chronic tonsillitis is disease with repeated attacks of acute tonsillitis/ a sub-clinical form of a resistant or poorly treated infection. Aim of study was to determine the most common histopathological findings in patients presenting with clinical features of chronic tonsillitis.
Methods: The present study is an observational study carried out at the Departments of Pathology and Otorhinolaryngology at Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences and GK General Hospital, Bhuj from January 2019 to April 2022.
Results: A total of 35 cases of bilateral tonsillectomy were studied in a span of 40 months. There were 17 (49%) males and 18 (51%) females. The age ranges of the patients varied from 7 to 37 years with maximum number of cases less than 20 years of age. A total of 70 specimens obtained from 35 patients were studied. The most common clinical presentation was throat pain in 29 (83%) patients. The histopathological evaluation confirmed chronic tonsillitis in 40 (57%) specimens, followed by chronic lymphoid hyperplasia/ hypertrophy in 30 (43%) specimens, 14 specimens with chronic tonsilitis showed associated actinomycetes.
Conclusions: Resected tonsillectomy specimens should be routinely evaluated by histopathological examination to know the cause of enlarged tonsils.
“…Palatine tonsils are part of the Waldeyer's lymphatic ring, responsible for the first line of defence against pathogens because it is located at the entrance of the respiratory and digestive tracts. 1,2 The lateral wall of the Waldeyer's ring composed of the bulky lymphatic tissue called the palatine tonsil. 1 It is lined by non-keratinous stratified epithelium, as an extension of the oropharyngeal tissue, including 30 deep crypts that invaginate into the parenchyma, in which lymph nodes are found with the germ centres responsible for B-lymphocyte production.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4 They are coated by fibrous and dense capsule, separating them from a deeper connective tissue. 1,2 Such type of tonsils arise from the second pair of pharyngeal pouches, where endodermis bears the covering epithelium and mesenchymal structure gives origin to the lymphoid tissue. 5 During life, palatine tonsils may go through morphological alterations, becoming enlarged due to lymphoid follicles of the germ centre; or histological changes resulting from recurrent infections, among which some are indicative of tonsillectomy.…”
<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Chronic tonsillitis is diagnosed when an individual has 7 episodes of tonsillitis in 1 year, 5 episodes in 2 consecutive years, or 3 episodes each year for 3 years consecutively. There is correlation of clinical and histopathological findings in patients with chronic tonsillitis.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> It is prospective study which is aimed at correlation of clinical and histopathological findings in chronic tonsillitis patients underwent tonsillectomy. This was carried out in tertiary care hospital, Pune, Maharashtra, India. In our study, 25 patients of chronic tonsillitis underwent tonsillectomy were included. In this we have examined the histopathology of tonsillar tissue section in correlation with the clinical manifestations of tonsillar diseases that were due to infection. </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> In pathological examination of palatine tonsil, underlying subepithelial tissue showed many lymphoid follicles with prominent germinal centres comprising of centrocytes, centroblasts, immunoblasts, small and large lymphocytes in 19 patients (76%). 13 patients (52%) showed prominent germinal centres with bites of salivary gland and muscle tissue. 6 patients (24%) showed prominent germinal centre with mild lymphoplasmocytic inflammatory cell infiltrate. In 4 patients (16%), tissue lined by stratified squamous epithelium showed focal ulceration. 3 patients (12%) showed stratified squamous epithelium with granulation tissue. Crush artifact were noted in 3 patients (12%). 2 patients (8%) had small granules with actinomycotic species colonies within the palatine tonsilar crypts. Only 1 patient (4%) showing keratin impacted in tonsilar tissue.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> There is strong correlation between histopathological examination suggestive of lymphoid hypertrophy and grading of palatine tonsil hypertrophy.</p>
Introduction Palatine and nasopharyngeal tonsils are lymphatic fl esh clusters of tissue of the respiratory and digestive tract's epithelium.There is not much literature pertaining to the histological assessment of resected tonsils though anecdotal case reports of choristoma, squamous cell cysts of the tonsil have been reported which mimicked chronic tonsillitis. Tonsils also are an important site for head and neck cancer in adults.Aim & objective To study the histological features of routine tonsillectomy specimens and to study for the presence of choristomatic tissue or any other benign pathology as a cause of chronic tonsillitis.Patients & methods Fifty consecutive tonsillectomy specimens, which were received in the department of Pathology, Gandhi Medical College, were evaluated with regards to clinical information. Among 50 patients, a slight predominance of men (56 %) over women (44 %) was observed.
ConclusionThe mesenchymal tissue consisted mainly of epithelium and lymphoid tissue with cartilage in a single case and fat in three cases. The role of imaging techniques, in assessing the need for early surgical intervention in cases with chronic tonsillitis, can be determined by assessing the micropathology of tonsillectomy specimens and is an arena for further research.We discussed the role of FDG-PET scan in the assessment of the same.
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