Certain peculiarities of the clinical course of chronic tonsillitis

: The present review of the literature data demonstrates that the frequency of tonsillectomies has reduced during the last 10 years. The authors consider the possible causes accounting for this decrease. In addition, results of an epidemiological study are presented based on the analysis of medical records of the patients with chronic tonsillitis complicated by paratonsillar abscess who were admitted to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of No 1 City Clinical Hospital between 2002 and 2010. The severity of the inflammatory process was evaluated from the results of radioautographic investigation of palatal tonsillar biopsies obtained during surgical interventions. These data confirm inflammation of tonsils in patients with chronic tonsillitis including the non-anginous form of this pathology.