Lymphoma
Research from McGill University, Health Center has provided new information about lymphoma in children
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, March 23rd, 2008
Fresh data on lymphoma are presented in the report 'The presence of unilateral tonsillar enlargement in patients diagnosed with palatine tonsil lymphoma: experience at a tertiary care pediatric hospital.' "There is a significant debate over the need for tonsillectomy to rule out lymphoma in cases of unilateral tonsillar enlargement. Several publications have suggested that the presence of unilateral tonsillar enlargement in children was an ominous sign of the possibility of underlying lymphoma," investigators in Quebec, Canada report.
"More recently, some authors have recommended that routine tonsillectomy in this context is not indicated given the low incidence of...
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