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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

  1. Acute pharyngitis
  2. Pseudomembranous (Vincent’s) tonsillitis
  3. Lacunar tonsillitis
  4. Follicular tonsillitis
  5. Diphtheria
Correct answer

Lacunar tonsillitis

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