OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of radiofrequency (RF) cryptolysis for caseum-induced halitosis. STUDY DESIGN Clinical retrospective study. SETTING Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Department of Konya Training and Research Hospital in Turkey. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Thirty-four patients with caseum-induced halitosis were included. Eight were male (23.5%) and 26 were female (...

It is a question of interest whether Th17 cells express trafficking receptors unique to this Th cell lineage and migrate specifically to certain tissue sites. We found several Th17 cell subsets at different developing stages in a human secondary lymphoid organ (tonsils) and adult, but not in neonatal, blood. These Th17 cell subsets include a novel in vivo-stimulated tonsil IL17+ T cell subset d...

In order to clarify the fundamental structure of the host defence mechanism in chicken caeca, a detailed analysis of the distribution of lymphoid nodules (LNs) was carried out on longitudinal sections of both the mesenteric (side of the ileocaecal ligament) and the antimesenteric mucosa. An overwhelming majority of solitary or aggregated LNs were located in the mesenteric mucosa, although a few...

OBJECTIVE Halitosis secondary to pathology of the palatine tonsils is considered airway (type 2) halitosis in the etiologic classification. Reports differ as to the proportion of objective halitosis complaints that have tonsillar etiology, with some giving this figure as 3%. Due to their immunologic role, even healthy tonsils usually possess some subclinical inflammation. The tonsil crypt syste...

BACKGROUND The concentration and specific activity of N-acetyl-β-hexosaminidase (HEX) in palatine tonsils with chronic tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy give insight in tonsillar tissue remodeling and constitute a potential marker for diagnosis and treatment of chronic tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy. AIM Determining the concentration and specific activity of N-acetyl-β-hexosaminida...

Food-borne zoonoses have a major health impact in industrial countries. Campylobacter spp., Salmonella enterica, Yersinia enterocolitica and Listeria monocytogenes are high-risk food-borne zoonotic hazards in finishing pigs. The objectives of this work were (1) to study the isolation rate of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica, Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp. and L. monocytogenes in the tonsils an...

The alimentary tract is incessantly invaded by foreign antigenic or harmful substances and their lumina are also sites for the proliferation of both beneficial and disadvantageous bacterial flora (Mead, 1989 and Kitagawa et al., 2000). Caecal tonsil, the immunodefence mechanism of the caecal environment regulates the proliferation of microflora in the caecum continuously and also prevents the i...

In most hospitals, making a microscopic examination to tonsil and adenoid specimens from pediatric patients who present recurrent infections has become a standard practice. However, studies have shown that systematic examination of tonsils and adenoids was not needed for individual aged 21 or less. In this context, we describe the third report of an unsuspected tonsillar sarcoidosis revealed by...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate the efficacy of tonsil brushing in patients with chronic tonsillitis to remove the microbial biofilm on the tonsil surface using an in vitro model. DESIGN Specimens from patients undergoing tonsillectomy were evaluated prior to and following surface cleaning methods, including rinsing and brushing, using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). PATIENTS The study populat...