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Title: | Nonspesific boğaz yakınmalarında tonsil magmaların yeri |
Other Titles: | The role of tonsil concretions in the nonspesific throat complaints |
Authors: | Günel, Ceren Erpek, Mehmet Gökhan TR166905 TR149375 Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı |
Keywords: | Tonsil Taşları Tonsil Magmaları Boğaz Ağrısı Boğazda Batma Tonsil Stones Tonsil Concretions Sore Throat Sting in Throat |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
Publisher: | Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi |
Citation: | Günel, C.,Erpek, M.G.(2012). Nonspesific boğaz yakınmalarında tonsil magmaların yeri.Adnan Menderes Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, 13(1), 9-11. |
Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to remind that the hidden tonsil concretions are also considered in the differansial diagnosis of patients who have nonspesific throat complaints though no significant pathology is found in a routine otorhinolaryngologic examination. MATERIALS and METHODS: Fifty one patients who presented to the otorhinolaryngology outpatient clinic with one or more complaints such as bad breath odour, irritable cough, dysphagia and unilateral sore throat, otalgia, sensation of sting in the throat but no significant pathology have been found in oropharynx examination were enrolled in this study. Tonsil concretions could be seemed when the anterior tonsillar plica was lateralized. The presenting complaints of patients and side of the removed concretions were noted. RESULTS: The most frequently detected complaints were sensation of sting in the throat (60.8%) and sore throat (45.1%). Tonsil stones more commonly were determined in female than male and the right side location (43.1%). All of the patient's complaints improved after treatment. CONCLUSION: The hidden tonsil concretions should be considered in the differansial diagnosis of patients who have nonspesific throat complaints. |
URI: | http://meandrosmedicaljournal.org/article_9235/The-Role-Of-Tonsil-Concretions-In-The-Nonspesific-Throat-Complaints http://hdl.handle.net/11607/1937 |
ISSN: | 2149-9063 |
Appears in Collections: | 2012 Cilt 13 Sayı 1 |
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