Respiratory System (J00-J99)
- Hyperkeratosis of the tonsils – thickened horny layer of the palatine tonsils.
- Pharyngitis – inflammation of the mucous membrane of the throat.
Blood, blood-forming organs – immune system (D50-D90).
- Angina agranulocytotica – inflammation of the lymphatic pharyngeal ring associated with ulceration (ulcers), indicating agranulocytosis (absence of certain cells of the immune defense).
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Angina Plaut-Vincent – inflammation of the pharyngeal lymphatic ring due to infection with various bacteria, which can lead to necrosis (tissue destruction).
- Diphtheria (real croup) – notifiable infectious disease.
- Herpangina – infectious disease of the lymphatic pharyngeal ring (with vesicle formation), which usually occurs in childhood; the causative agent is group A coxsackie virus.
- Pfeiffer’s glandular fever (mononucleosis infectiosa) – inflammation of the lymphatic pharyngeal ring caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV); occurs mainly in children and adolescents.
- Scarlet angina – infectious disease of childhood, accompanied by a rash all over the body.
- Thrush – fungal infection that leads to whitish coatings on the mucous membrane.
- Syphilis (Lues) – sexually transmitted infectious disease.
- Tuberculosis (consumption) – infectious disease that affects mainly the lungs.
Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).
- Tonsillar carcinoma (cancer of the palatine tonsil)
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia – usually unilateral facial pain originating from irritation of the lingual nerve.
