Recently, a friend asked me about tonsil stones. He has sore throats several times a year, which are instantly relieved by gargling to remove them. When I told him I thought tonsil stones were pretty ...

Tonsil stones form when bacteria collects in the tonsillar crypts (folds in the tonsils). They are more common in adults than children and may range from barely visible to pea-size. If you find ...

These are tonsil crypts with human papillomavirus (HPV; green) in epithelial and biofilm (red) layers ('V' = biofilm; 'G' = HPV; original magnification ×20). Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1914), pp. 144-158 (15 pages) Actinomyces-like granules are commonly found in the crypts of tonsils. They are in no way related to true ...

Cultures made of the excised adenoids of 100 children revealed B. diphtheriae in 12. The crypts of the extirpated faucial tonsils of the same persons harbored the bacilli in 12. When present in the ...

The human palatine tonsils have surface and crypt stratified epithelium and may be initiated via the epithelium to mount immune responses to various presenting antigens. Here we investigated the ...