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amygdaliennes et des filaments des germes saprophytes
[2]. Elles sont plus fréquentes chez l’adulte jeune que
chez l’enfant et surviennent 2 fois plus fréquemment
chez l’homme que chez la femme [1]. Les patients présentant
des lithiases amygdaliennes peuvent être asymptomatiques
et le diagnostic est fait par hasard sur des
panoramiques dentaires réalisés pour une autre pathologie.
Elles peuvent aussi être symptomatiques et provoquer
des douleurs chroniques de la gorge, une toux
irritative, une dysphagie, des otalgies, une halitose, une
sensation de corps étranger dans la gorge, des épisodes
récurrents d’amygdalite, des ulcérations de l’amygdale
[3-5]. Ces symptômes et les images inhabituelles sur le


panoramique dentaire qui se projettent sur le ramus
peuvent être source d’erreurs diagnostiques.
Les diagnostics différentiels sont les pathologies de
l’amygdale (infections aiguës et chroniques, tumeurs), le
syndrome de Eagle, les lithiases parotidiennes, les corps
étrangers et les calcifications vasculaires. Le scanner rétablit
le diagnostic à condition d’examiner les loges amygdaliennes.
Le traitement est chirurgical et l’exérèse de la lésion est
facile. S’il existe un aspect d’amygdalite chronique il faut
réaliser une amygdalectomie.
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