Ectopic salivary gland tissue in the palatine and lingual tonsil

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 1993 Aug;27(2):159-62. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(93)90131-l.

Abstract

A case is reported of a child born with a developmental field defect of the first branchial arch in whom there was partial obstruction of the oropharynx by a horseshoe-shaped mass of what was thought to be tonsillar tissue. 'Tonsillectomy' was performed but histopathological examination of the excised specimens showed them to be almost entirely made up of salivary gland tissue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Choristoma* / diagnosis
  • Choristoma* / pathology
  • Choristoma* / surgery
  • Cleft Palate / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Palatine Tonsil*
  • Pharyngeal Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Pharyngeal Diseases* / pathology
  • Pharyngeal Diseases* / surgery
  • Salivary Glands*
  • Tongue Diseases* / diagnosis
  • Tongue Diseases* / pathology
  • Tongue Diseases* / surgery