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Three weeks after acute angina the patient is still weak, inert, subfebrile, his retromaxillary lymph nodes are enlarged. Tonsils are flabby, stick together with arches, there are purulent plugs in lacunae. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Chronic pharyngitis
  2. Chronic tonsillitis
  3. Acute lacunar tonsillitis
  4. Tonsillar tumour
  5. Paratonsillitis
Correct answer

Chronic tonsillitis

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