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Case Reports
. 2024 Dec;12(10):1511-1512.
doi: 10.1002/ueg2.12718. Epub 2024 Nov 25.

Tonsillar Crohn's Disease

Leticia Rosevics  1 , Thaisa Kowalski Furlan  1 , Carolina Albino Waltrick  1 , Odery Ramos Júnior  2
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Case Reports

Tonsillar Crohn's Disease

Leticia Rosevics et al. United European Gastroenterol J. 2024 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Crohn disease; granuloma; tonsil palatine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Figures

FIGURE 1
FIGURE 1
Oroscopy with vegetation in the right tonsil.
FIGURE 2
FIGURE 2
Tonsil vegetation.
FIGURE 3
FIGURE 3
Histopathology with hematoxylin and eosin, demonstr‐ating chronic granulomatous inflammation with multinucleated giant cells.
FIGURE 4
FIGURE 4
Oroscopy after tonsilitis resolution.
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