"Palatine Tonsil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A round-to-oval mass of lymphoid tissue embedded in the lateral wall of the PHARYNX. There is one on each side of the oropharynx in the fauces between the anterior and posterior pillars of the SOFT PALATE.
| Descriptor ID |
D014066
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.623.603.925 A10.549.580 A14.724.603.925 A15.382.520.604.580
|
| Concept/Terms |
Palatine Tonsil- Palatine Tonsil
- Palatine Tonsils
- Tonsils, Palatine
- Tonsil, Palatine
- Tonsil
- Tonsils
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Palatine Tonsil".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Palatine Tonsil".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Palatine Tonsil" by people in this website by year, and whether "Palatine Tonsil" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Palatine Tonsil" by people in Profiles.
-
Spontaneous Unilateral Chiari I Secondary to Acquired Tonsillar Hypertrophy/Pseudomass With Syringomyelia in a Juvenile With Progressive Scoliosis. J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev. 2023 08 01; 7(8).
-
Tonsillar-related pathologies: An analysis of the evidence underpinning management recommendations. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Jan; 152:110992.
-
Practice patterns in the management of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage: An American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology survey. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 Nov; 102:108-113.
-
Key developmental transitions in human germinal center B cells are revealed by differential CD45RB expression. Blood. 2009 Apr 23; 113(17):3999-4007.
-
Expression of the interferon regulatory factor 8/ICSBP-1 in human reactive lymphoid tissues and B-cell lymphomas: a novel germinal center marker. Am J Surg Pathol. 2008 Aug; 32(8):1190-200.
-
Mature B cells class switched to IgD are autoreactive in healthy individuals. J Clin Invest. 2007 Jun; 117(6):1558-65.
-
Arachnoid cyst resulting in tonsillar herniation and syringomyelia in a patient with achondroplasia. Case report. Neurosurg Focus. 2005 Nov 15; 19(5):E14.
-
Obstructive sleep apnea associated with tonsillar hypertrophy in adults. Arch Intern Med. 1981 Jul; 141(8):990-2.
-
Pathology of tonsils and adenoids: a study of 15,120 cases. Ear Nose Throat J. 1980 Nov; 59(11):466-7.
-
Sleep apnea, hypersomnolence, and upper airway obstruction secondary to adenotonsillar enlargement. Arch Otolaryngol. 1977 Jul; 103(7):383-6.