The patient was put on intravenous penicillin and after 6 months of follow-up is disease free. The report recommends that histopathological examination must be performed in cases of recurrent ...

Expert opinion from Sarath Chandr Rellu MBBS · 2 years of experience · India People who experience chronic tonsillitis may start to experience obstructive sleep apnea because the airway swell and ...

The presence of crypts (crack-like pockets) in the tonsils can make it easier for stones to form. Tonsillar crypts may occur naturally or result from chronic inflammation, which can lead to thickening ...

Significant physical findings included: +++ tonsillar hypertrophy, thick, white nasal mucus but absence of any obvious nasal obstruction on routine examination, ++ enlargement of submandibular ...

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Papilledema that is blurring of optic disk margins also develops. Due to raised intracranial pressure, tonsillar herniation occurs, leading to respiratory distress and death. Possible ...

GP specialist in paediatrics Dr David Capehorn explains how to explore the differentials and course of action in a child who ...

cuhk.edu.hk Aims: (1) To determine the extent to which tonsil size contributes to the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children; and (2) to assess the use of tonsillar-pharyngeal (TP) ...

Long-lived high-affinity antibody responses are key components of adaptive immunity. High-affinity antibodies are the products of somatic hypermutation and selection in specialized ...

pemphigus vulgaris and diphtheria of the pharyngeal or tonsillar region. A negative peridontal smear for organisms of the Plaut–Vincent type is helpful, but a positive smear is of no value ...

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