Table 1.

Patient characteristics. M, male; F, female.

Variables	n (%)/Mean ± SD
Patients	48
Age (years) Sex (M/F)	45.5 ± 17.7 33 (68.8%)/15 (31.2%)
Clinical diagnosis	Cervical abscess (n = 35) Peritonsillar (n = 28) Parapharyngeal (n = 7) Other pathologies (n = 12) Parotitis (n = 4) Tonsillitis (n = 3) Lymphadenitis colli (n = 2) Pharyngitis (n = 1) Sialadenitis (n = 1) Odontogenic inflammation (n = 1) No pathology (n = 1)