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The bilateral excised tonsils appeared villous, papillomatous, and enlarged, and both measured 4.0 cm x 2.0 cm x 1.5 cm.
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F1
Pre- and postoperative physical examinations showed that both tonsils appeared villous, papillomatous, and enlarged (Fig. 1). Overall, each tonsil measured 4.0 cm x 2.0 cm x 1.5 cm (Fig. 1).
Proliferous fibrous stroma and enlarged lymphatic channels filled with lymphatic cells constitute lymphangiomatous polyps of the palatine tonsils. (A)x40, (B) x100.
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F2
Microscopically, the lesion was composed of dilated lymphatic channels packed with lymphatic cells and a hyperplastic fibrous stroma and was covered with a squamous epithelium (Fig. 2).