The term tonsils usually refers to your palatine tonsils, the ones that can be seen at the back of your throat. But tonsillar ...

Because of the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), rates of cancer of the palatine and lingual tonsils are increasing. Writing today in the journal Cancer Prevention Research ...

Kids do still get their tonsils out—but only when it’s medically necessary. The palatine tonsils—the lumps on the right and left sides of the back of the throat—were prone to a bacterial ...

Tonsil stones, also known as tonsilloliths, are calcified masses that can form on your palatine tonsils. There are three types of tonsils: palatine – on the sides of your throat pharyngeal ...

According to study authors, only about 100 cases of metastases to the palatine tonsil have been reported in scientific literature. Of those, only 5 reported cases have been metastatic MCC.

People have four kinds of tonsils. The term tonsils usually refers to your palatine tonsils, the ones that can be seen at the back of your throat. But tonsillar tissue also includes the lingual ...