Juvenile tonsillectomy and leukemia
Matzker, J.; Klasen, H.P.
Laryngologie Rhinologie Otologie 54(12): 991-997
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0340-1588 PMID: 173947 Document Number: 90871
Among 305 children with leukemia, between one and fourteen years old, authors found 8 and in a comparative group ("individual matched pairs") 40 children with removed tonsils. The difference (2.62% tonsillectomized children in the leukemia-group, 13.11% in the comparative group) is highly significant. The frequency of tonsillectomy in childhood in Germany corresponds to the percentage of 13.11%. It has to be discussed, if there exists a causality between the state of the tonsils and the frequency of leukemia in childhood. The authors suggest further investigations of this highly interesting subject.