Book chapter
Pharyngitis/Tonsillitis
Head and Neck Manifestations of Systemic Disease, pp.511-526
CRC Press
2007
DOI: 10.3109/9781420017564-40
Abstract
Pharyngitis and adenotonsillitis are two of the most common diagnoses in primary care
medicine, accounting for 15% of all outpatient medical appointments (1). This discussion
will consider pharyngitis to include all inflammatory conditions of the pharynx, including
the tonsils and adenoids. Adenotonsillitis is the term for inflammation of these pharyngeal
subunits and is often used interchangeably with pharyngitis. Although pharyngitis most
commonly results from infection, many systemic diseases may manifest themselves with
similar signs and symptoms (Table 1). Discriminating between infectious and other causes
of pharyngeal inflammation may be difficult and may delay appropriate treatment options.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Pharyngitis/Tonsillitis
- Creators
- Brian T Andrews - University of Iowa, OtolaryngologyHenry T Hoffman - University of Iowa, OtolaryngologyDouglas K Trask
- Contributors
- Jeffrey P Harris (Editor)Michael H Weisman (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Head and Neck Manifestations of Systemic Disease, pp.511-526
- DOI
- 10.3109/9781420017564-40
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2007
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984312250502771
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