Case of Tonsillitis: Possibly Tuberculous

Neurilemmoma Masquerading as Tonsillitis: A Case Report

Tonsillitis.

INTRODUCTION The definition of severe recurrent throat infections is arbitrary, but recent criteria have defined severe tonsillitis as: five or more episodes of true tonsillitis a year; symptoms for at least 1 year; and episodes that are disabling and prevent normal functioning. Diagnosis of acute tonsillitis is clinical, and it can be difficult to distinguish viral from bacterial infections. R...

Streptococcal tonsillitis as a cause of urticaria: tonsillitis and urticaria.

BACKGROUND The primary role of infections in chronic urticaria (CU) is controversial. We hypothesised that streptococcal tonsillitis (ST) could be a primary cause of CU or acute recurrent urticaria (ARU). METHODS Retrospective study of 14 outpatients observed between January 2000 and December 2009, with CU/ARU and clinical and/or laboratorial suspicion of an aetiopathogenic link with ST. Clin...

A case of tuberculous peritonitis

This study aimed to provide the initial laparoscopy results as well as the results after a 16-month follow-up of a 78-year-old patient with tuberculous peritonitis. Imaging and laboratory examinations were performed for preliminary diagnosis, and laparoscopy and Gram staining were used for definitive diagnosis. The initial laparoscopy results showed the presence of typical yellow-white nodules ...

A Case of Tuberculous Pericarditis.

A man, aged 22, who worked as a shop assistant, was admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital on March 11, 1943, with the following history. About mid-February he first began to feel generally out of sorts and over the space of a few days developed a dry, irritating cough which kept him awake at night, a dull pain over the pracordium, nausea, weakness, and slight breathlessness on exertion. These symp...