In assessing the tonsils of a 30-year-old, the nurse notices that they are involuted, granular in appearance, and appear to have deep crypts. What is the correct response to these findings?

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The tonsils are the same color as the surrounding mucous membrane, although they look more granular and their surface shows deep crypts. Tonsillar tissue enlarges during childhood until puberty and then involutes. There is no need to refer the patient to a throat specialist, obtain a throat culture, or look for other abnormal findings because the findings in this question are normal. Although the tonsils look more granular and their surface shows deep crypts, they are the same color as the surrounding mucous membrane and tonsillar tissue enlarges during childhood until puberty and then involutes.

In Assessing the Tonsils of a 30-Year-Old, the Nurse Notices