Bilateral Peritonsillar Abscesses: A Case Presentation and Review of the Current Literature with regard to the Controversies in Diagnosis and Treatment

Although unilateral peritonsillar abscess is a common complication of acute bacterial tonsillitis, bilateral peritonsillar abscesses are quite rare. The incidence of unsuspected contralateral peritonsillar abscess identified at tonsillectomy has been reported to be between 1.9% and 24%, while the ov...

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Autores principales: Papacharalampous, G. X., Vlastarakos, P. V., Kotsis, G., Davilis, D., Manolopoulos, L.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/981924

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21629820
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/981924

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