舌扁桃体青春期后多已萎缩,慢性舌扁桃体炎肿大临床较少见.我们于1987年收治1例,曾误诊为舌根部混合瘤,报告如下:患者张××,女,16岁.住院号:4993.主诉:　舌根部无痛肿块1年余.现病史:　就诊前1年发热感冒后发现舌根部肿胀,疼痛不明显.曾在当地医院行药物治疗无效.肿块逐渐增大 Tongue tonsils have more than atrophy after puberty, chronic tongue tonsillitis clinically rare .We admitted in 1987 in 1 cases, had misdiagnosed as tongue root mixed tumor, the report is as follows: The patient Zhang × ×, female, 16 years old. Hospitalization : 4993. Chief complaint: Tongue root painless mass more than 1 year. History of illness: 1 year before treatment, fever and found that the tongue root swollen, pain was not obvious in the local hospital drug treatment ineffective. Mass gradually increased