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Exam questionKROK 2Dentistry · 2016

A patient complains of restricted mouth opening, pain during swallowing, fever up to 38,5°C, weakness, indisposition. Objectively: the mouth opens up to 1 cm. After Berchet anesthesia examination of the oral cavity revealed edema, hyperemia, tenderness of the pterygomandibular fold. Lateral and posterior pharyngeal walls are intact. The 38 tooth is semi-impacted. Palpation of the internal surface of the mandibular angle is painful. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Acute pericoronitis of the 38 tooth region
  2. Acute tonsillitis
  3. Phlegmon of the infratemporal region
  4. Phlegmon of the pterygomandibular space
  5. Phlegmon of the peripharyngeal space
Correct answer

Phlegmon of the pterygomandibular space

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