unilateral tonsillar enlargement

Introduction

unilateral enlargement of the palatine tonsil

Etiology

• infection
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • tonsillitis
• malignant neoplasm
  • head & neck cancer (squamous cell carcinoma)
  • non Hodgkin's lymphoma
  • extramedullary plasmacytomas
  • Hodgkin's disease
  • leukemia
  • metastatic neoplasms
• reactive response to a nearby primary tumor or other nearby pathology

More general terms

• tonsillar hypertrophy

Additional terms

• palatine tonsil (faucial tonsil, tonsilla)