Tonsillectomy is commonly performed in paediatric patients to treat adenotonsillar hypertrophy and related symptoms, or chronic or recurrent tonsillitis.1 In Singapore’s KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH)—the country’s largest public hospital specialising in healthcare for women and children—all tonsillectomy specimens undergo histological examination, constituting 16% of the paediatric histopathology caseload. Opinions vary on whether all routine tonsillectomy specimens must undergo histological examination.
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