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- Title
Tonsillolith: A Panoramic Radiograph Presentation.
- Authors
BALAJI BABU, B.; AVINASH TEJASVI, M. L.; AVINASH, C. K. ANULEKHA; CHITTARANJAN, B.
- Abstract
Tonsilloliths are calcifications within a tonsillar crypt, involve primarily the palatine tonsil caused by dystrophic calcification as a result of chronic inflammation. Tonsilloliths are very uncommon and are microscopic. Tonsillar concretions sometimes produce symptoms which include non-specific chronic halitosis, irritable cough, dysphagia, otalgia and foreign body-like sensation or foul taste. Patients with tonsillolithiasis may also be asymptomatic, with their lesions being discovered incidentally on panoramic radiographs. This article presents an unusual case of multiple bilateral and asymptomatic tonsilloliths which were found during a routine panoramic radiographic examination.
- Subjects
PALATINES; INFLAMMATION; EARACHE; RADIOGRAPHS; DEGLUTITION disorders
- Publication
Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research, 2013, Vol 7, Issue 10, p2378
- ISSN
0973-709X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7860/JCDR/2013/5613.3530