A 29-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of sore throat and peritonsillar swelling and bleeding. Symptoms did not abate with antimicrobial therapy. A diagnosis was made. This case ...

Quinsy, also known as a peritonsillar abscess, is a severe and painful complication of tonsillitis, which causes fever, throat pain and trouble opening the mouth. In the post, she swiped at her ...

Going to India? The Taj Mahal is probably on your to-do list. Landmarks are an easy way to orient travelers and help locales put themselves on the map. But not all landmarks are as famous—or as ...

Lucille Purchase was diagnosed with Retropharyngeal abscess and peritonsillar abscess (Baystate Health Foundation) Lucille Purchase was diagnosed with Retropharyngeal abscess and peritonsillar ...

Antibiotics and abscess drainage are effective treatments for pyogenic liver abscesses and can help prevent complications. A pyogenic liver abscess is an area in the liver that is full of pus ...

Young children, who often need general anesthesia for drainage, frequently require a hospital stay for observation. Follow-Up for a Peritonsillar Abscess Arrange follow-up with your doctor or an ...

More than 12,000 buildings were destroyed, and while every house tells a story, we also lost dozens of religious institutions, libraries, historic landmarks and masterworks by acclaimed architects.

Several landmarks have sustained damage or are in imminent danger. Many beloved L.A. locales have been spared. Here's what we know so far. Griffith Park Observatory, L.A. Zoo and the Hollywood ...

This procedure is called percutaneous abscess drainage (PAD). Another way is through open surgery, where the surgeon needs to make a bigger cut into the abscess to extract the pus. In the past ...

Louisville is home to dozens of landmarks, but how does the city decide what is deserving of the honor? Designations made by the Metro Historic Landmarks and Preservation Districts Commission are ...