The patient with sore throat

Teresa V. Chan

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2010.06.001

The patient with sore throat

Teresa V. Chan

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Abstract

Sore throat is a common medical complaint seen by the emergency practitioner, internist, pediatrician, and otolaryngologist. The differential for sore throat is vast. However, with a directed history this can often be narrowed down to 2 to 3 possible diagnoses. By paying particular attention to the associated symptoms and duration of symptoms, common self-limited etiologies like viral pharyngitis and nonstreptococcal tonsillitis can be distinguished from those that require more investigation, such as supraglottitis and tonsillar cancer. A sore throat is most commonly caused by an infectious, inflammatory, or neoplastic etiologic factor.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	923-943
Number of pages	21
Journal	Medical Clinics of North America
Volume	94
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcna.2010.06.001
State	Published - Sep 2010

Keywords

Laryngitis
Pharyngitis
Sore throat
Tonsillitis
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General Medicine

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