Chronic Hyperplastic Polypoid Tonsillitis

Abstract

Chronic tonsillitis is commonly seen in children. Tonsillitis presenting as unilateral pedunculated mass in oral cavity and leading to obstruction of airway is very rare. We report a patient who presented with mass in oropharynx measuring 5 × 2 × 1 cm and review of literature, management and implication of this benign lesion.