Aetiology:
1. It may be a complication of acute tonsillitis.
Pathologically, microabscesses walled off da fibrous
tissue have been seen in the lymphoid follicles of
the tonsils.
2. Subclinical infections of tonsils without an acute
attack.
3. Mostly affects children and young adults. Rarely
occurs after 50 years.
4. Chronic infection in sinuses o teeth m.ay be a predisposing
factor.
Types
Chronic follicular tonsillitis:-Here tonsillar crypts are full of
infected cheesy material which shows on the surface as yellowish
spots.
Chronic parenchymatous tonsillitis:- There is hyperplasia
of lymphoid tissue Tonsils...
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