Peritonsillar abscess

Description

peritonsillar abscess: An abscess that develops in the space surrounding one or both palatine tonsils.

Data source
FinnGen phenocode J10_PERITONSABSC
Hospital Discharge registry ICD-10: J36, ICD-9: 475, ICD-8: 501
Cause of Death registry ICD-10: J36, ICD-9: 475, ICD-8: 501
Level in the ICD-hierarchy 3
First defined in version DF2
Ontology
DOID 12765
GWAS catalog 0007429
MESH D000039
SNOMED CT 15033003

Key figures

Sex All Female Male
Number of individuals 2346 1240 1106
Unadjusted prevalence (%) 1.77 1.65 1.93
Mean age at first event (years) 32.41 30.39 34.67
Median number of events / individual 1 1 1

Clinical metrics

Sex All Female Male
Recurrence within 6 months (%) 10.49 10.56 10.4
Case fatality at 5-years (%) 0.55 0.4 0.72

Associations