Gan Weigang, Xiang Yu, He Xinrong, Feng Yiyuan, Yang Hongbin, Liu Hai, Liu Shixi, Meng Juan
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu.
Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan, P.R. China.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jan;98(1):e14009. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000014009.
Lymphangiomatous polyps of the palatine tonsils are benign tumors that are rare in both adults and children. Most patients suffering from this disease present with nonspecific symptoms similar to those of chronic tonsillitis.
We report a case of a 21-year-old male miner who presented with a chronic history of a foreign body sensation in the oropharynx and an intermittently sore throat.
The patient was preoperatively diagnosed with the palatine tonsils neoplasm.
The neoplasm with palatine tonsils was completely resected under general anesthesia. The tissue was sent for histological examination, and the diagnosis was lymphangiomatous polyps of the palatine tonsils.
The surgical outcome was good, and no surgical site infection was recorded. After 12 months of follow-up, the miner was asymptomatic with no recurrence.
Tonsillectomy is a curative method to address lymphangiomatous polyps (LAPs) of the tonsils which resulted in no recurrence during the clinical follow-up period. The etiology of this rare disorder and potential pathogenesis should be studied in the future, which would help prevent its occurrence.
腭扁桃体淋巴管瘤性息肉是一种在成人和儿童中均罕见的良性肿瘤。大多数患有这种疾病的患者表现出与慢性扁桃体炎相似的非特异性症状。
我们报告一例21岁男性矿工病例，该患者有口咽异物感和间歇性咽痛的慢性病史。
患者术前被诊断为腭扁桃体肿瘤。
在全身麻醉下将腭扁桃体肿瘤完全切除。将组织送去做组织学检查，诊断为腭扁桃体淋巴管瘤性息肉。
手术效果良好，未记录到手术部位感染。经过12个月的随访，该矿工无症状且未复发。
扁桃体切除术是治疗扁桃体淋巴管瘤性息肉的一种治愈性方法，在临床随访期间未出现复发情况。这种罕见疾病的病因和潜在发病机制未来应予以研究，这将有助于预防其发生。
