Surgical Treatment of Tonsillar Abscess

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients ≥18 years of age with clinical suspicion of unilateral tonsillar abscess without signs of "extra-capsular" complication. * Obtaining informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications to injected CT or drainage in local anesthesia (allergy to iodinated contrast product, allergy to local anesthetics, phobia of needles, major trismus). * Parapharyngeal or retropharyngeal abscess, or associated venous thrombosis found on CT. * Imminent threat to the upper respiratory tract (glottic edema, acute dyspnea). * Inability to understand the different procedures (dementia, impossible communication, substance abuse). * Anamnestic pregnancy. * Antiaggregant or anticoagulant treatment. * Treatment of corticosteroids during the management of emergencies and in hospital.