sometimes you can get a pus-filled pocket near one of your tonsils, known as a peritonsillar abscess. This can happen on its own but is often a complication of tonsillitis. If you have tonsillitis ...

Peritonsillar abscess or Quinsy is a collection of pus between the fibrous capsule of the tonsil usually in the upper pole and the super constrictor muscle of the pharynx. It frequently follows as ...

To evaluate the diagnostic implications of performing ultrasonography of the tonsils in patients with clinically diagnosed peritonsillar abscess, 27 patients underwent ultrasound examination ...

This is called a peritonsillar abscess (PTA). In addition to causing severe tonsillitis symptoms, a peritonsillar abscess can: Swell and block your airway, making it difficult to breathe Spread ...

Without treatment, one of the tonsils can become an abscess. Rarely, untreated Strep throat infections caused rheumatic fever or kidney damage. After a bout of acute tonsillitis the infection and ...