| Normal Tonsil
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Etiology
• Not applicable.
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Pathogenesis
• Not applicable.,
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Epidemiology
• Not applicable.
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General Gross Description
• Paired structures with tan granular external surface and firm tan cut surfaces
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• Squamous mucosa with deep infoldings lying on lymphoid tissue containing follicles
•Examples:
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Clinical Correlation
• Not applicable
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp.
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| Normal Tonsil
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T61100M00100)[350]
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