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case_images: Intraoperative photograph demonstrating significant enlargement over the area of the lingual tonsil prior to surgical reduction.
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case_images: This procedure revealed very large papillomatous disease arising from the tongue base and lateral pharyngeal wall with a normal larynx apart from cobblestoning of the larynx and bronchi (Figure 1).
case_images: Intraoperative photograph demonstrating the area after surgical removal of the obstructive lesions.
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case_images: The tongue base lesions were resected using monopolar diathermy with relief of airway embarrassment (Figure 2).
case_images: Histology of polyps from base of tongue. The lamina propria contains prominent reactive lymphoid follicles with large germinal centres (original magnification x20). The overlying squamous epithelium shows no atypia (inset).
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case_images: The specimen was sent for histopathology and virotyping, which revealed reactive lymphoid hyperplasia with mildly thickened and parakeratotic squamous epithelium (Figures 3 and 4).
case_images: Histology of polyps from base of tongue. The lamina propria contains prominent reactive lymphoid follicles with large germinal centres. The overlying squamous epithelium shows no atypia (original magnification x20).
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case_images: The specimen was sent for histopathology and virotyping, which revealed reactive lymphoid hyperplasia with mildly thickened and parakeratotic squamous epithelium (Figures 3 and 4).