Chronic tonsillitis is a common inflammatory disease of childhood. Chronic recurrent tonsillitis is common indication of tonsillectomy. Tonsillectomy is one of the most common otolaryngologic surgical procedures. There is still an ongoing debate as to whether or not histopathological examination should be performed in chronic recurrent Tonsillitis after tonsillectomy.

Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate the correlations between clinical findings and histopathological findings in patients with chronic recurrent tonsillitis.

Material and Methods: A retrospective study was carried out in 30 patients with chronic recurrent tonsillitis who had undergone tonsillectomy from November 2017 to June 2019 in MGM hospital. The results were assessed in terms of various histological changes in removed tonsils.

Results: The patient’s ages ranged between 4 years to 55 years. A total of 30 cases were included in the present study. Of all the patients who underwent tonsillectomy, two were detected with malignancy.

Conclusion: A routine histopathologic examination is necessary for every cases of tonsillectomy, especially in adult population.

Keywords: Tonsillectomy, Histopathology, Malignancy.

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Kalpana Rajiv Kumar

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, MGM Hospital Navi Mumbai