Structured Summary
Abstract
An accumulation of purulent material in the area between the PALATINE TONSIL and its capsule.
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3 entry terms
- Abscess, Peritonsillar
- Abscesses, Peritonsillar
- Peritonsillar Abscesses
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36 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate IM with infection term (IM) but not BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (since most abscesses are bacterial)
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History Note
89; was ABSCESS, PERITONSILLAR 1963-88
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Peritonsillar Abscess. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000039. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000039
- Peritonsillar Abscess. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritonsillar_abscess
- Peritonsillar Abscess. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586014