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Case Reports
. 2006 Dec;263(12):1139-41.
doi: 10.1007/s00405-006-0109-8. Epub 2006 Jun 28.

Evaluation of acute trismus by MRI: a case report. Bilateral peritonsillar cellulitis

Nuray Bayar Muluk  1 , Simay Altan Kara, Cisel Yazgan
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Evaluation of acute trismus by MRI: a case report. Bilateral peritonsillar cellulitis

Nuray Bayar Muluk et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Dec.

Abstract

We describe a rare case of a bilateral peritonsillar cellulitis (PTC). The clinical presentation of fever, trismus and odynophagia was consistent with PTC, more evident on the right side; but the presence of bilateral tonsillar swelling and midline uvula confounded the diagnosis. In spite of the throat examination was performed with a great difficulty due to trismus, the T2 weighted fat saturated STIR magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) guided us to make the diagnosis and to start the intravenous antibiotic treatment immediately.

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