Case Report

Giant tonsillolith causing odynophagia in a child: a rare case report

Jagdeep S Thakur¹, Ravinder S Minhas¹, Anamika Thakur², Dev R Sharma¹ and Narinder K Mohindroo¹

¹  Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, I. G. Medical College, Shimla, HP, 171001, India

²  Dept of Pharmacology, I G Medical College, Shimla, HP, 171001, India

Cases Journal 2008, 1:50doi:10.1186/1757-1626-1-50

Published:	18 July 2008

Abstract

Giant tonsillolith is a rare clinical entity. Commonly, it occurs between 20–77 years of age. We had a twelve years old female patient, who had odynophagia due to a giant tonsillolith. The stone was removed and tonsillectomy was performed. We reviewed the literature on this rare clinical entity and found that this is the fourth case of giant tonsillolith in a child and largest ever tonsillolith to be reported in English literature.