Ultrasound: Pharyngeal

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Background

  • Using intraoral ultrasound can increase your success rate for identifying peritonsillar abscess
  • Ultrasound can increase your success rate for drainage over landmark method by 50%[1]

Indications

Technique

Findings

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Normal

Abnormal

Pearls and Pitfalls

Documentation

Normal Exam

Abnormal Exam

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External Links

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Constantino TG, Satz WA, Dehnkamp W, Goett H. Randomized Trial Comparing Intraoral Ultrasound to Landmark-based Needle Aspiration in Patients with Suspected Peritonsillar Abscess. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012; 19(6):626-631.
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