[Diagnostics of acute cervical lymphadenitis and adenophlegmona in patients with diabetes mellitus].

The present study was designed to optimize diagnostics of acute cervical lymphadenitis and adenophlegmona in patients with diabetes. A total of 146 patients with suppurative diseases of the head and the neck were available for examination of whom 63 presented with complicated clinical condition. It was shown that evaluation of the interleukin status (IL-8, IL-10), early diagnosis of systemic inflammatory reaction and compensatory anti-inflammatory response as well as the use of the ultrasound visualization technique make it possible to objectively assess the patient's condition and predict the outcome of the disease taking into consideration effects of hyperglycemia in diabetic patients.