Tonsillar papilloma: A rare case

Authors

  • RK Mundra Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Jagram Verma Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Alaknanda Gupta Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Vishal Koshta Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Shiv Kumar Rathore Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Odynophagia, pedunculated, squamous papilloma, tonsils

Abstract

Benign oropharyngeal tumors are far less common compared to malignant tumors. Squamous papillomas are exophytic masses of the oral cavity. It is an innocuous lesion that is neither transmissible nor threatening. Pedunculated squamous papilloma usually arises from the soft palate, tonsil, or the epiglottis. A 32-year-old female presented with odynophagia on and off for 5 months. History regarding the growth revealed that it was first seen 6 months prior as a slow-growing non-tender papule. The present lesion was exophytic and sessile in nature, pinkish in color with a pebbled surface, soft in consistency, 2 cm × 2 cm in size, and situated on left tonsil. Surgical excision of the lesion was performed. The histopathological diagnosis of squamous papilloma was made. The squamous cell papilloma is a benign tumor with a rare entity arising on tonsil which caused unusual odynophagia (symptomatic) of long duration.

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Published

2015-09-30

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Mundra , R., Verma, J., Gupta, A., Koshta, V., & Rathore, S. K. (2015). Tonsillar papilloma: A rare case. International Journal of Medical Science Research and Practice, 2(3), 162–163. Retrieved from https://ijmsrp.isroset.org/index.php/j/article/view/60

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Vol. 2 No. 3 (2015): Volume-2, Issue-3 September 2015

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Case Report

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