School ager with sore throat

Neurological
CT of palatine tonsil hypertrophy
Axial CT with contrast of the neck (left) shows bilaterally enlarged palatine tonsils that nearly meet in the midline, while the sagittal image (right) shows the enlarged dumbbell shaped palatine tonsils nearly occluding the airway.

The diagnosis was palatine tonsillar hypertrophy.

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