Alba's spent much of her childhood suffering from various illnesses, including several bouts of pneumonia, asthma, appendicitis, tonsil cysts, and on two occasions, a collapsed lung.
An abscess behind the tonsil (a peritonsillar abscess) may also occur.
Chemotherapy has not always been a treatment of choice for tonsil cancer.
He was uneasy—the kid being dropped off at the hospital for a tonsil operation, hearing about the ice cream but now realizing something dire might be in store before dessert.
I 've seen tonsil hockey played in pubs before but remain in the dark over this one.
I got the idea after viewing a couple of American websites belonging to other tonsil cancer patients and the sites seemed effective.
I think that 's where it happened to her, when she had her tonsil surgery.
In a person infected with CJD, the prion protein can often be seen in a sample (biopsy) of tonsil tissue.
In practice, the tonsil biopsy might obviate the need for a brain biopsy sample to be taken.
It was a nightmare, especially when I developed quinsy, a type of abscess, in my right tonsil.
Most tonsil and adenoid hypertrophy is simply caused by the normal growth pattern for that type of tissue.
Prognosis in patients with malignant neoplasms of the palatine tonsil were better in comparison with tongue cancer.
Tonsil asymmetry may only be apparent in patients with an otherwise normal physical examination, secondary to benign hyperplasia or anatomical factors.
Tonsillectomies and adenoidectomies are used to treat snoring that is caused by excess tonsil tissues or excess tissue in the nasal cavity.