Document Type
Report
Department
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Abstract
We describe a six month old boy with a mass in the left tonsil. It was present since birth and was enlarging progressively. It was completely excised. Histopathology showed a choristoma of neural origin composed of glial cells--astrocytes in a fibrillary background, and a choroid plexus. Immunohistochemistry confirmed the findings.
Publication (Name of Journal)
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Yaqoob, N.,
Ahmed, Z.,
Husain, A.
(2005). Heterotopic glial tissue in tonsil: a case report. Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, 55(11), 507-508.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_pathol_microbiol/863