The patient with sore throat.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 20736104.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.06.001 and PMC identifier 7094485.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Epiglottitis
- Pharyngitis