caa a22 4500 388083085 CHVBK 20180307125223.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100143634 doi S0022215100143634 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100143634 Diagnosis of peritonsillar infections: a prospective study of ultrasound, computerized tomography and clinical diagnosis [Elektronische Daten] Peritonsillar infections include cellulitis and abscess (quinsy). Clinical diagnosis is often supplemented by diagnostic drainage (aspiration or incision) in an effort to distinguish abscess from cellulitis. In a prospective study of 14 patients we have shown that clinical impression alone is unreliable (sensitivity 78 per cent, specificity 50 per cent). Computerized tomography (CT) (sensitivity 100 per cent, specificity 75 per cent) and intraoral ultrasound (sensitivity 89 per cent, specificity 100 per cent) are much more reliable. We propose that intraoral ultrasound could play a useful role in the clinical assessment of peritonsillar infections helping to improve accuracy in distinguishing abscesses from cellulitis. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Ultrasonography nationallicence Tonsillitis nationallicence Cellulitis nationallicence Abscess nationallicence Tomography nationallicence X-ray computed nationallicence Scott P. M. J. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Loftus W. K. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Kew J. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Ahuja A. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Yue V. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. Van Hasselt C. A. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/3(1999-03), 229-232 0022-2151 113:3<229 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143634 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100143634 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scott P. M. J. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Loftus W. K. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kew J. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ahuja A. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yue V. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Hasselt C. A. Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Surgery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/3(1999-03), 229-232 0022-2151 113:3<229 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge