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case_images: View of the asymmetrical hypertrophy of the right tonsil with a mass arising in its upper pole
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case_images: ENT examination showed marked hypertrophy of the right tonsil in comparison with the contralateral one, and a smooth-surfaced mass near the upper pole of the tonsil [Figure 1].
case_images: View of the hypertrophic right palatine tonsil in T2-weighted MRI
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case_images: A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination was performed, which evidenced a protrusion of the clearly hypertrophic tonsil into the nasopharynx [Figure 2].
case_images: Cystic cavity within the tonsillar tissue lined with keratinized epithelium. H and E, x100
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case_images: It was interesting to note that these cavities contained keratin in a lamellar arrangement and their epithelium was of a squamous character [Figure 3].