Ultrasound: Pharyngeal

Background
  • Using intraoral ultrasound can increase your success rate for identifying peritonsillar abscess
  • Ultrasound can increase your success rate for drainage over landmark method by 50%[1]
  • An alternative transcutaneous approach for identifying peritonsillar abscess is to apply a linear probe at the angle of the mandible [2]

Indications


Technique


Findings


Images

Abnormal


Pearls and Pitfalls


Documentation

Abnormal Exam



See Also


References
  1. Constantino TG, Satz WA, Dehnkamp W, Goett H. Randomized Trial Comparing Intraoral Ultrasound to Landmark-based Needle Aspiration in Patients with Suspected Peritonsillar Abscess. Academic Emergency Medicine. 2012; 19(6):626-631.
  2. Rehrer M, Mantuani D, Nagdev A. Identification of peritonsillar abscess by transcutaneous cervical ultrasound. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2013; 31: 267.e1–267.e3
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