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Can tonsils grow back after 5 weeks?
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Unlikely that quick: Tonsils are lymphoid tissue that make antibodies for immune response. If not removed completely, they can rehypertrophy. For 2000 years, the tonsil was completely removed. Over the last decade, some ENT surgeons perform a near total tonsillectomy to not violate the tissue next to the tonsil to decrease pain and bleeding. Small amounts of tonsil tissue can regrow or rehypertrophy when left.
Answered 10/5/2014
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