Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Enlarged tonsils
HP:0030812
What it means
Increase in size of the tonsils, small collections of lymphoid tissue facing into the aerodigestive tract on either side of the back part of the throat.
Rare diseases that can present with this5
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Enlargement of tonsils · Tonsillar hypertrophy · tonsils large/hypertrophy
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