Follicles in hypertrophied tonsils

Aim: to study histomorphological changes of lymphoid follicles and to co-relate the extent of these changes to the tonsillar hypertrophy. methods: enlarged tonsils from thirty children with obstructive airway symptoms were obtained after tonsillectomy. normal tonsils were obtained from 10 children's at autopsy. results: in hypertrophied tonsils size,weight,epithelium and lymphoid compartment,all were affected. it was observed that there was increase in size of germinal centers,decrease in no of lymphoid follicles due to increase in size but overall no remains the same. conclusion: hypertrophic changes are probably immunological response to exposure to different antigens in an exaggerated manner manifested by histological changes.