How are peripharyngeal abscesses diagnosed?
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https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.132Keywords:
Peripharyngeal abscess, Peritonsillar abscess, Diagnosis, parapharyngeal abscess, retropharyngeal abscess, parapharyngeal tumoursAbstract
Introduction and objectives: Peripharyngeal abscesses are a frequent reason for visiting the doctor and urgent assistance for General Practitioners, Accident & Emergency and Otolaryngology doctors . Although all the authors claim that the diagnosis is clinical, in many cases the confirmation of this diagnosis must be made by imaging techniques. Therefore, when and what must be requested? This is the goal of our paper.
Material y methods: We undertook a systematic medical papers review of the last twenty years.
Results: The search of medical papers we have performed shows us that clinical presentation as well as the clinical examination and an imaging test like Ultrasound, CT scan or MRI are the usual methods of diagnosis, although we could not find any particular guidelines.
Conclusions: We have not been able to find in this search any diagnostic guidelines for such a frequent medical problem and not lacking in unexpected findings.
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