On the question of amygdala sepsis

Abstract

Abstracts. Laryngology. On the question of amygdala sepsis. Prof. Uffenоrdе. (Deutsche med. Woch., 1929, No. 19, S. 775) gives 4 cases of sepsis after inflammatory processes in the pharynx. 1st case. An 18-year-old girl who had suffered from frequent recurrent tonsillitis for a long time, 2 days after a new exacerbation, a swelling formed on the left side of the neck, with difficulty in the mobility of the lower jaw, chills and high fever. Objective examination revealed a thickening of the left tonsilla without plaque (the peritonsillar area was unchanged), swelling and redness of the left side of the epiglottis, the left scooped-epiglottis fold and the mucous membrane covering the left scoop.

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