Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2007
A 22 y.o. man complains of acute throat pain, increasing upon swallowing during 3 days. Body temperature 38, 3°C, neck lymph nodules are slightly enlarged and painful. Pharyngoscopically - tonsi-lar hyperemia, enlargement and edema, tonsils are covered by round yellow fibrinous patches around crypts openings. Beta-haemolytic streptococcus in swab analysis. What is the diagnosis?
Answer options
- Pharyngeal diphtheria
- Acute follicular tonsilitis
- Pharyngeal candidosis
- Acute membranous tonsilitis
- Infectious mononucleosis
Correct answer
Acute membranous tonsilitis
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