title: Respiratory obstruction with lingual tonsillitis.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bourne
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Cameron
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dziukas
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014059:Tongue; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology