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Case Reports
. 1976 Oct;42(4):507-10.
doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(76)90298-x.

Keratonodular tonsillitis

N J Fiumara, J L Giunta, W D Chasin
Case Reports

Keratonodular tonsillitis

N J Fiumara et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1976 Oct.

Abstract

Reported is an unusual lesion on the right palatine tonsil in a man with latent primary syphilis. The lesion was white, nodular, firm, and asymptomatic, and histologically had a keratinized surface; it was not caused by primary syphilis or any other known or described entity. The term keratonodular tonsillitis has been coined to designate this lesion of unknown cause or significance.

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