Authors |
Year |
Origin |
Study
Design |
N |
Workup |
Deep Tissue Biopsy |
Tonsillectomy |
Pickup tonsil Deep tissue |
Pickup Tonsillectomy |
Recommendations |
Tanzler et al5
|
2014 |
USA |
RS |
156 |
Negative Ex,
Ix and PE |
54 |
71 |
13% (7/54) |
39% (28/71) |
Palatine
tonsillectomy, consider bilateral (BL) |
Berta et al18
|
2014 |
France |
RS |
45 |
Ex, CT, PECT
(100%) then PECT (60%) |
6 |
28 |
16.7% (1/6) |
42.9% (12/28) |
Ipsilateral (IL) tonsillectomy |
Waltonen et al10
|
2009 |
USA |
RS |
122 |
Ex, CT
(81%), MRI (7%), PETCT (21%), PE |
95 (BL) |
27 (16 UL, 11 BL) |
3.2% (3/95) |
29.6% (8/27) |
At least IL tonsillectomy, CL biopsy and
base of tongue (BOT) |
McQuone et al11
|
1998
|
USA
|
RS
|
37
|
Negative Ex and radiological, endoscopy
|
15
|
23 (7 IL, 16 BL)
|
13.3% (2/15)
|
39% (9/23)
|
BL tonsillectomy
n=2 (100%) of positive biopsy pts had palpation asymmetry.
|
Podeur et al19
|
2020 |
France |
RS |
63 |
Ex, CT,
PET-CT, PE |
10 |
47 (IL/BL) |
0% |
25.5% (12/47 IL/BL) |
|