clinical features
Last reviewed 07/2021
Clinical features:
- the patient is already suffering from acute tonsillitis
- the patient continues to become more ill
- referred earache is a common feature
- the patient develops severe dysphagia
- trismus is often a feature
On examination:
- the buccal mucosa is dirty and fetor is present
- the uvula may be very oedematous and displaced downwards and medially by the infected tonsil
- the uvula may be so oedematous so as to resemble a white grape