Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2023
A 16-year-old patient has made an appointment with an otolaryngologist. He complains of fever and sore throat. The disease onset was 2 days ago, after the patient ate two portions of ice-cream. Pharyngoscopy shows hyperemic mucosa of the palatine tonsils, with purulent exudate in the lacunae. Make the provisional diagnosis:
Answer options
- Acute pharyngitis
- Pseudomembranous (Vincent’s) tonsillitis
- Lacunar tonsillitis
- Follicular tonsillitis
- Diphtheria
Correct answer
Lacunar tonsillitis
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