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faucial pillars |
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faucial pillars (fô´sh  l), n.pl the vertical folds of tissue created by muscles that create the fauces, which surround the palatine tonsils. |
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On examination with a Jackson laryngoscope, there were no mucosal abnormalities, but a generalized fullness of the left piriform sinus and vallecula was observed, as well as some fullness of the lingual tonsils and faucial pillars. The 5-year-old boy exhibited blood-tinged sputum immediately after tonsillectomy; he subsequently developed diffuse and intensive bilateral bleeding that required surgical treatment 2 days later (his faucial pillars were sutured together). |
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