Diseases of the Pharynx — Flashcards

_____ and difficulty in breathing are prominent symptoms of acute retropharyngeal abscess

Quinsy presents with marked _____ and hot-potato voice

_____ and streptococcal carriers are relative indications for tonsillectomy.

_____ is due to blockage of a tonsillar crypt and appears as a yellowish swelling over the tonsil and can be easily drained

What is the treatment of thornwaldt cyst?_____

Bluish Flushing of anterior pillars compared to the rest of the pharyngeal mucosa is an important sign of _____ tonsillar infection.

Recurrent episodes of _____ in adults and a single episode in kids is an indication for tonsillectomy

What is the most common benign tumor of the nasopharynx?_____

_____styloid compartment involvement in parapharyngeal abscess presents with palsy of IX, X, XI and XII nerves and Horner's syndrome.

In Chronic _____ tonsillitis, tonsils are small but infected, with history of repeated sore throats.