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Case Reports
. 1988 Jan;102(1):64-6.
doi: 10.1017/s0022215100104001.

Tonsillar haemorrhage and measles

D G John  1 , P L Thomas, D Semeraro
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Case Reports

Tonsillar haemorrhage and measles

D G John et al. J Laryngol Otol. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

A seven-year-old girl presented with life-threatening pharyngeal haemorrhage. This was subsequently found to arise from one tonsil, and a tonsillectomy eventually halted the bleeding. Two days later she developed measles, confirmed by serology and characteristic histology. Spontaneous tonsillar haemorrhage is extremely rare, and not previously reported in measles.

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