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Cancer tonsil

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Two cases of cancer tonsil are reported. The difficulties in making a clinical diagnosis of cancer in these cases have been mentioned. The need of doing tonsillectomy in cases of doubtful tonsillar pathology instead of taking a piece for biopsy only, is stressed from diagnostic and treatment point of view.

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  1. Dept. of E.N.T., Jawerharlal Institute of Post-graduate. Medical Education & Research, Pondicherry

    K. L. Sawhney & V. V. Huilgol

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  1. K. L. Sawhney
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Sawhney, K.L., Huilgol, V.V. Cancer tonsil. Ind. J. Otol. 19, 75–77 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03047438

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