A rare cause of dysphagia in children: lymphangiomatous polyp of the palatine tonsil.

J Craniofac Surg

From the *Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ondokuz Mayis University School of Medicine; †Department of Radiology, Samsun Training and Research Hospital, Samsun; and ‡Department of Pathology, Cankiri State Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Published: July 2014

Oropharyngeal and tonsillar masses are a very rare cause of dysphagia in children. In this article, we describe a rare cause of dysphagia in children, a lymphangiomatous lesion of the palatine tonsil, and discuss the clinical and histopathologic features of these lesions.

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