Ectopic Oral Tonsillar Tissue: A Case Series with Bilateral and Solitary Presentations and a Review of the Literature

Table 2

Clinicopathological characteristics of three cases of ectopic tonsils.

	Case number
	1	2	3
Gender	Male	Female	Female
Age	53	63	38
Localization	Ventral surface of the tongue	Floor of the mouth	Floor of the mouth
Number of lesions	Bilateral	Solitary	Solitary
Lesion size (mm)	8/6	5	6
Color of oral mucosa	Slightly red	Slightly red	Normal
Palpation	Hard	Hard	Soft
Clinical diagnosis	Benign salivary tumor	Benign salivary tumor	Mucocele
Histopathological findings
Crypt architecture	+	+	+
Encapsulation	+	+	+
Lymphoepithelial symbioses	+	+	+
Lymphoid follicle	+	+	+
Crypt obstruction	−	−	−
Cyst formation	−	−	−