Huge Tonsillar Squamous Papilloma Causing Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Childhood: a case report

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Phairuch Changprayad
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000

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Abstract: Squamous papilloma is a benign tumor that can be found in the oropharyngeal space and its size is usually less than 1 cm in diameter, I report a 4-year-old girl with a huge squamous papilloma  at the left tonsil which extended into the variculla and caused dyspnea, airway obstruction and snoring. The tumor mass was transorally removed by excision and tonsillectomy was done. Upon 1 year of postoperative follow-up, there was no evidence of recurrence.

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Changprayad, P. (2024). Huge Tonsillar Squamous Papilloma Causing Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Childhood: a case report. Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital Journal, 24(3), 167–172. retrieved from https://he04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/MNRHJ/article/view/2273
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Vol. 24 No. 3 (2000): September - December
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