A Case of Pediatric-Type Follicular Lymphoma of Unilateral Tonsil

Abstract

Follicular lymphoma is a characteristic clinicopathologic term of centrioles and centroblasts of germinal center B cell origin. Pediatric follicular lymphoma is a variant type of follicular lymphoma in children. Unlike follicular lymphoma, pediatric follicular lymphoma is an indolent lymphoma that rarely recurs and progresses to other organs, but has no clear diagnostic criteria. The authors report and review a case of pediatric follicular lymphoma diagnosed by tonsillectomy for recurrent tonsillitis.