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Adenoidal structure

Known as: Tonsils, Pharyngeal, Nasopharyngeal tonsil, Tonsila pharyngealis 
A fold of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium at the very back of the nose, in the roof of the nasopharynx.
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Adenoid hypertrophyAdenoidectomyBenign tumor of nasopharynxBlood supply aspects

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Lymphoid TissueNasopharynxTonsil

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Review
2009
Review
2009
EXPANDED ENDOSCOPIC ENDONASAL APPROACH FOR ANTERIOR CRANIAL BASE AND SUPRASELLAR LESIONS: INDICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS
OBJECTIVEThe traditional boundaries of the transsphenoidal approach can be expanded to include the region from the cribriform… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Tropism of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the upper and lower respiratory tract
Poor human-to-human transmission of influenza A H5N1 virus has been attributed to the paucity of putative sialic acid α2-3 virus… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Do Salivary Antibodies Reliably Reflect Both Mucosal and Systemic Immunity?
Abstract:  Two major antibody classes operate in saliva: secretory IgA (SIgA) and IgG. The former is synthesized as dimeric IgA… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Systemic therapy in the palliative management of advanced salivary gland cancers.
Cancers of the salivary glands are unusual lesions that vary widely in their histologic appearance and molecular characteristics… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Endocervical adenocarcinoma and its variants: their morphology and differential diagnosis
Adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix and its variants account for a much greater number of cases in routine practice of… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Retrospective Study of 338 Canine Oral Melanomas with Clinical, Histologic, and Immunohistochemical Review of 129 Cases
Diagnostic records from 338 canine oral melanomas in 338 dogs received at the Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (1992-1999… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Human mast cell heterogeneity: histamine release from mast cells dispersed from skin, lung, adenoids, tonsils, and colon in response to IgE-dependent and nonimmunologic stimuli.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Metastatic basal cell carcinoma: A clinicopathologic study of seventeen cases
Basal cell carcinoma is a common cutaneous neoplasm that rarely metastasizes. We studied the clinical and pathologic features of… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Adenoid cystic carcinoma in the head and neck (cylindroma).
Of 134 patients with adenoid cystic carcinoma, 58% of the neoplasms occurred in the minor salivary glands, and 42% in the major… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
Forum on the tonsil and adenoid problem in orthodontics Respiratory obstruction syndrome
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