Clinical-morphological assessment of the functional status of tonsils in clinical manifestations of chronic tonsillitis
Khmel'nitskaia, N.M.; Lantsov, A.A.
Vestnik Otorinolaringologii 5: 38-39
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4668 PMID: 9793428 Document Number: 487555
Correlations between lacunar content and morphofunctional condition of palatine tonsil immunocompetent tissue were studied histologically, histochemically, morphometrically, microbiologically and cytologically. The microbiological and cytological lacunar findings provide a life-time assessment of tonsillar functional activity. Clinical efficiency of the method makes it valuable for choice of treatment and evaluation of the response to conservative treatment of chronic tonsillitis.