Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 May 20;101(20):e29246. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000029246.
Lymphoepithelial cyst of the oral cavity is very rare. Most intraoral lymphoepithelial cysts are observed in the floor of the mouth and very few cases have been reported of its occurrence in the palatine tonsil.
A 37-year-old healthy woman with no remarkable medical history visited our department with a complaint of frequent tonsillitis.
On endoscopic examination, yellowish mass was observed in the palatine tonsil and removed via an intraoral approach. The mass was completely removed with the left palatine tonsil.
Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical staining confirmed a Lymphoepithelial cyst.
Lymphepithelial cysts of the palatine tonsils are extremely rare and are easily overlooked because there are few reported cases. Therefore, care must be taken when examining the tonsil mass.
口腔淋巴管瘤非常罕见。大多数口腔内的淋巴管瘤发生在口底,而发生在腭扁桃体的病例则很少见。
一位 37 岁健康女性,无明显病史,因经常扁桃体炎就诊于我科。
在内镜检查中,观察到腭扁桃体有黄白色肿块,并通过经口入路切除。肿块与左侧腭扁桃体一起被完全切除。
组织病理学检查和免疫组织化学染色证实为淋巴管瘤。
腭扁桃体的淋巴管瘤极为罕见,由于报道的病例较少,因此很容易被忽视。因此,在检查扁桃体肿块时必须小心。