Emergency tonsillectomy for pediatric spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage

Since the advent of antibiotics, major spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage is extremely rare. The majority of the spontaneous tonsillar hemorrhage events is associated with acute or chronic tonsillitis, coagulopathies, or tonsillar cancer. Here, we report a very rare case of spontaneous tonsillar hemor...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Aldandan, Omair Al Hussain, Salman Alhajri, Ali Almomen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576619303549