Asymmetric palatine tonsil in a pediatric patient: Is it always a malignant neoplasm?

• Main Authors: Alejandro Azamar (Author), Carlos De la Torre-González (Author), Luis Juárez-Villegas (Author), Stanislaw Sadowinski-Pine (Author), Hiram Álvarez-Neri (Author)
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• Udgivet: Permanyer, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: A relatively frequent clinical finding in children is an asymmetric tonsil, which can have multiple etiological possibilities, including a malignant disease. The clinical finding of tonsillar asymmetry is found in approximately 2% of the pediatric population. The incidence of malignancy...