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Abstract REPORT OF CASE History.—L. W., a girl, aged 8 years, was an adopted child, about whose family or previous personal history nothing was known. The present condition was discovered by the county nurse of Lincoln County in her routine examination of school children, and the child was sent to the family physician, who referred the case to me. The child was unaware of any abnormality in her throat, there being no subjective symptoms. Fig. 1.—Section near base of tumor, showing epithelial covering, fibrous substructure and fatty interior. X 100. On inspection of the fauces, a clubshaped tumor was seen arising from the cleft between the left tonsil and its posterior pillar, near the upper pole. It extended downward, forward and inward, its free end resting on the dorsum of the tongue. It was alabaster white excepting about 10 mm. near its origin, which was the color of the References 1. Bosworth: Diseases of the Nose and Throat 2, 1892. 2. Haug: Lipo-myxofibrom der Mandel , Arch. f. Laryngol. u. Rhinol. 4, 1896. 3. Hamilton, H. D.: Nonmalignant Tumours of the Tonsil , Montreal M. J. 25, 1896-1897. 4. DeBlois, T. A.: Case of Fibro-Lipoma of the Tonsil , New York M. J. 70, 1899. 5. Clark, J. P.: Papillomatous Growth of the Tonsil , Laryngoscope 8, 1900. 6. Roberts, J. M.: Case of Papilloma of Tonsil , Arch. Otol. 25, 55. 7. Theisen, C. F.: Case of Lipoma of Tonsil , Tr. Laryngol., Rhinol. & Otol. 9, 1903. 8. Zolki, L.: Ueber ein congen. Fibrolipom d. Gaumentons , Ztschr. f. Ohrenh. 44, 1903. 9. Pynchon, E.: Fibroma of the Tonsil , Illinois M. J. 9, 1906. 10. Sommer, H.: Ein Lipom der Tonsille , Arch. f. Laryngol. u. Rhinol. 19, 1907. 11. Suhrawardy, H.: Lipofibrome of the Tonsil , Indian M. Gaz. 46, 1911. 12. Beco, L.: Fibrome de l'amygdale , Presse Oto-laryngol. 12, 1914. 13. Quarella, B.: Mixed Tumor of Tonsil Region, Policlinico (Feb. 3) , abstr. J. A. M. A. 68:1441 ( (May 12) ) 1917. 14. Campbell, C. A.: Hemangioma of Tonsils , J. Mich. M. Soc. 17:392 ( (Oct.) ) 1918. 15. Bruzzone, C.: Quattro casi di Tumori benigni delle Tonsille palatine , Bul. d. mal. d. Orechio. d. gol. e d. Nas. 39, 1921. 16. Proetz, A. W.: Report of a Case of Tonsillar Cyst , Ann. Otol. Rhinol. & Laryngol. 32:223 ( (March) ) 1923. 17. Sturm, F. P.: A Pedunculated Tumor of the Tonsil , Brit. M. J. 1:377 ( (March) ) 1924.
Archives of Otolaryngology – American Medical Association
Published: May 1, 1926
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