Study of Ulcero-membranous Lesions of Tonsil in an Indian Scenario

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• 作者：D. Sridhar Reddy ; A. Shoban Babu…
• 关键词：Ulcero ; membranous tonsillitis ; Membranous tonsillitis ; Diphtheria ; Indian Scenario ; Universal Immunization Program (UIP)
• 刊名：Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：69
• 期：1
• 页码：16-19
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• 刊物主题：Otorhinolaryngology; Head and Neck Surgery;
• 出版者：Springer India
• ISSN：0973-7707
• 卷排序：69

文摘

‘Ulcero-membranous lesions over tonsil’ is a special entity, which puzzles every physician and surgeon because of it’s diverse etiology. Every insult to the tonsil heals by ulcer and later membrane formation. A retrospective study has been conducted at our institute to analyse the cases of ulcero-membranous lesions of tonsil in terms of etiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment protocols and outcome in an Indian context. Diphtheria, if not detected early and treated, can lead to significant morbidity and mortality because of critical complications. Diphtheria mainly affects children aged between 1 and 5 years, however, due to good vaccine coverage, a shift in age incidence has been observed from preschool to school age (5–15 years) with more and more cases now being reported in adults. The health agencies and the government will have to take maximum efforts to increase immunization coverage as India has witnessed the highest number of cases in the world for the year 2015.