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    Peritonsillar abscess (PTA), also known as quinsy, is an accumulation of pus due to an infection behind the tonsil. Symptoms include fever, throat pain...
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    early spring. Potential complications include rheumatic fever and peritonsillar abscess. The typical signs and symptoms of streptococcal pharyngitis are...
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    and enlarged lymph nodes around the neck. Complications include peritonsillar abscess (Quinsy). Tonsillitis is most commonly caused by a viral infection...
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    imaging can help to diagnose other conditions such as peritonsillar abscess or retropharyngeal abscess which have similar clinical features. If there is visual...
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    possibly fatal, and include parapharyngeal space infections: peritonsillar abscess ("quinsy abscess"), submandibular space infection (Ludwig's angina), and...
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    perirectal peritonsillar abscess periureteral abscess phlegmonous abscess Pott abscess premammary abscess (including subareolar abscess) psoas abscess pulp...
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    Periodontal Pericoronal Non-odontogenic- Peritonsillar abscess Tetanus Meningitis Brain abscess Parotid abscess The hallmark of a masticatory space infection...
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    inflammation can lead to airway obstruction. From tonsillitis can come a peritonsillar abscess which is the most common upper airway infection and occurs primarily...
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    lung abscess. Lung abscesses can usually be seen with a chest X-ray but frequently require a chest CT scan to confirm the diagnosis. Abscesses typically...
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    tonsilloliths may often be mistaken for other oral maladies, including peritonsillar abscess, and tumors of the tonsil. On average, tonsil stones should appear...
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    necrophorum has been found as a common pathogen in the diagnostic of peritonsillar abscess and is more prevalent than other bacteria regarding this infection...
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    and recurrent or chronic tonsillitis. It is also carried out for peritonsillar abscess, periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis (PFAPA)...
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    rigorous and prolonged antibiotic treatment. Submandibular and peritonsillar abscesses caused by E. corrodens can be treated by incision and drainage...
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    Other potential complications of a spreading pericoronal abscess include peritonsillar abscess formation or cellulitis. Chronic pericoronitis may be the...
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    Michel de Montaigne (category Deaths from peritonsillar abscess)
    Michel Eyquem, Seigneur de Montaigne (/mɒnˈteɪn/ mon-TAYN; French: [miʃɛl ekɛm də mɔ̃tɛɲ]; 28 February 1533 – 13 September 1592), commonly known as Michel...
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    progresses to the formation of a peritonsillar abscess. Deep in the abscess, anaerobic bacteria can flourish. When the abscess wall ruptures internally, the...
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    Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is an abscess located in the tissues in the back of the throat behind the posterior pharyngeal wall (the retropharyngeal...
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    Adenoid hypertrophy Peritonsillar abscess Neck pharynx Pharyngitis Strep throat Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Retropharyngeal abscess larynx Croup Laryngomalacia...
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    Lung abscess is a type of liquefactive necrosis of the lung tissue and formation of cavities (more than 2 cm) containing necrotic debris or fluid caused...
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    Adenoid hypertrophy Peritonsillar abscess Neck pharynx Pharyngitis Strep throat Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Retropharyngeal abscess larynx Croup Laryngomalacia...
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    Pope Adrian IV (category Deaths from peritonsillar abscess)
    Pope Adrian IV (Latin: Adrianus IV; born Nicholas Breakspear (or Brekespear); c. 1100 – 1 September 1159, also Hadrian IV) was head of the Catholic Church...
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    pleural effusion, the excess fluid becomes infected and turns into an abscess. This is called an empyema. Pleural effusion involving fibrinous exudates...
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    Adenoid hypertrophy Peritonsillar abscess Neck pharynx Pharyngitis Strep throat Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Retropharyngeal abscess larynx Croup Laryngomalacia...
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    Adenoid hypertrophy Peritonsillar abscess Neck pharynx Pharyngitis Strep throat Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Retropharyngeal abscess larynx Croup Laryngomalacia...
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    Adenoid hypertrophy Peritonsillar abscess Neck pharynx Pharyngitis Strep throat Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Retropharyngeal abscess larynx Croup Laryngomalacia...
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    Scarring inside the nose and nose bleeding Septal hematoma and septal abscess. Nasal septum perforation Robinson, Jennifer (11 December 2016). "What...
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  • Quinsy, California; renamed Quincy, California Quinsy, a name for peritonsillar abscess Quinsy Gario (born 1984), Dutch anti-racist campaigner Quincy (disambiguation)...
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    airway foreign body, subglottic stenosis, angioedema, retropharyngeal abscess, and bacterial tracheitis. A frontal X-ray of the neck is not routinely...
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    treatment while the nasal packs are in place. If an abscess is present, a specimen of the abscess can be sent for culture to ensure that the antibiotics...
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    Adenoid hypertrophy Peritonsillar abscess Neck pharynx Pharyngitis Strep throat Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) Retropharyngeal abscess larynx Croup Laryngomalacia...
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