We treated 149 patients withc omplaints of abnormal sensation in the throat.
Pharyngo-larngeal findings and the relation between the change of local findings and that symptom were investigeted by observing the clinical course.
Inspection of the pharynx often revealed erythema and edema of the posterior oropharyngeal wall and the anterior pillar. Pus core or exudate on pressure was visible in the faucial tonsil. Inspection of the larynx revealed erythma and edema of epiglottis, arytenoid area and whole larynx.
The mucosal inflammation findings in the pharynx and larynx were classified into local type and diffuse type.
The symptom improved with the improvement of local findings in most patients of diffuse type, but don't changed in most patients of local type. The symptom improved regardless of continuation of exudate or pus core in the tonsil.
We estimated that the abnormal sensation in the throat was caused by the mucosal inflammation findings in diffuse type, but was not always caused by the mucosal inflammation finding in local type.