1981
Peritonsillitis: Evaluation of Current Therapy
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“…Most of the children in our study did not have a previous history of recurrent tonsillitis in concordance with studies regarding children and adults [5,6,7].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…Most of the children in our study did not have a previous history of recurrent tonsillitis in concordance with studies regarding children and adults [5,6,7].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 90%
“…We would also suggest that a fibrotic, bloody tonsillectomy following a previous quinsy is also one type in which remnants may easily be left behind, especially if performed by a junior surgeon. Fried and Forrest (1981) pointed out that there is little difference in presentation between peritonsillar abscess and cellulitis and we would strongly repeat this observatioa Four out of five cases had no pus on aspiration, but one did. There was no clinical difference between the cases, and four out of five (including the one with pus) had been given oral antibiotics prior to admission.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 54%
“…Cellulitis appears on CT as a homogeneous, soft tissue swelling with obliteration of the adjacent fat plane (Nyberg et al, 1985). PTC and PTA may represent different stages of the same peritonsillar infection (Fried and Forrest, 1981). We were able to distinguish between the two conditions on the CT scan in our case.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 62%
