Campus ORL
Item 77 : Angina and pharyngitis in children and adults
Collège Français d'ORL et de Chirurgie Cervico-faciale
Key points
- The adenoid vegetations represent a hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsil.
- The rhinopharyngitis in children represents an adaptation to the microbial world.
- Rhinopharyngitis is the turning point of infectious disease in children.
- Only the complications associated with rhinopharyngitis justify antibiotic therapy.
- Acute catarrhal angina arising within the context of respiratory tract catarrh is often of viral origin.
- Short-term treatments are an interesting alternative in order to improve therapeutic compliance.
- Infectious mononucleosis must be suspected, regardless of the clinical features of the angina, if angina is associated with polyadenopathy, splenomegaly, and noticeable asthenia.