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Science articlesThe prevalence of peritonsillar abscesses in children
I. V. Stagnieva (1), N. V. Boiko (1), A. S. Kim (1), V. V. Bykova (1)
(1) Rostov State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Rostov-on-Don, 344022, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2019-3-54-58
ABSTRACT
The diagnostics and treatment of peritonsillar abscesses (PTA) in children is one of the urgent problems of pediatric otolaryngology. According to the literature data, there has been an increase in the number of PTA in children in recent years. The objective of the work was to study the frequency of PTA in children according to Rostov ENT Clinic data. The authors carried out a retrospective analysis of case histories of 116 children aged from 5 to 14 years who underwent surgical treatment at the period from 01.09 2015 to 01.09 2018. Histological examination of the excised palatine tonsils confirmed the diagnosis of chronic tonsillitis in all 116 cases. A peritonsillar abscess was observed in 22 children (19%), 14 patients had it in the medical history, and 8 children were hospitalized and underwent abscess-tonsillectomy in the “hot” period. According to outpatient records, only 14 out of 22 children with a peritonsillar abscess had clear indications of acute tonsillitis in the history, in 8 cases there were no indications of tonsillitis. Therefore, the number of PTA for the analyzed period has decreased in comparison with our previous studies. Non-anginous form of chronic tonsillitis is diagnosed in 36% of children with peritonsillar abscess.
Publication date:
18.06.2019
Keywords:
chronic tonsillitis, peritonsillar abscess in children, epidemiology. For citation:
Stagnieva I. V., Boiko N. V., Kim A. S., Bykova V. V. The prevalence of peritonsillar abscesses in children. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2019;18(3):54–58. https://doi.org/ 10.18692/1810-4800-2019-3-54-58