| Our trial was not designed to study whether penicillin would prevent quinsy or peritonsillar cellulitis. |
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| The published figure does not accurately depict a peritonsillar abscess, nor does it show correct needle placement and angulation for safe drainage of an abscess. |
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| To our knowledge, there are only two other reports of RMS presenting as a peritonsillar abscess. |
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| The list of diagnoses considered inappropriate included chest pain, sepsis, and peritonsillar abscess. |
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| Venous drainage is through the peritonsillar venous plexus to the lingual and pharyngeal veins. |
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| The patient was diagnosed as cryptic tonsillitis and peritonsillar abscess and was hospitalized. |
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| Beneficial effect of low-dose peritonsillar injection of lidocaine-adrenaline before tonsillectomy. |
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| Medical and surgical treatment of peritonsillar, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses. |
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| The progression of infection, however, is different in that the lingual tonsils lack a capsule, thus preventing the formation of a peritonsillar abscess. |
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| Such examples include peritonsillar abscess detection and drainage guidance, ocular US for trauma and real-time guidance of nasogastric tube placement or intubation. |
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| Peritonsillar abscess is a suppurative complication of pharyngitis or tonsillitis. |
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