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case_images: the fibroepithelial polyp (yellow arrows) arising from the superior pole of the right palatine tonsil
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case_images: Clinical findings: the examination of the oropharynx revealed a polypoid, painless, well-defined and smooth-surfaced lesion arising from the superior pole of the right palatine tonsil, with dimensions of approximately 2.5 x 1.5cm (Figure 1).
case_images: photomicrograph of the fibroepithelial polyp (FP); stratified squamous epithelium, vascular channels and perivascular infiltration of lymphocytes and plasma cells; the tonsil (T) is shown on the right (H and E, x25); H sand E indicates hematoxylin and eosin
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case_images: F2
case_images: All these findings were compatible with a fibroepithelial polyp, which was completely removed (Figure 2).