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Adult retropharyngeal abscess [PDF]
Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 2015 Introduction The proportion of adults suffering from retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) has increased in comparison to children. Materials and methods Eight cases of adult retropharyngeal abscess were reviewed.
Saumendra Nath Bandyopadhyay +4 more
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Cervical Epidural and Retropharyngeal Abscess Induced by a Chicken Bone [PDF]
International Journal of Gerontology, 2011 Retropharyngeal abscess is occasionally seen in children, but is less common in adults where it usually occurs secondary to iatrogenic oropharynx trauma or a perforated foreign body in the oropharynx.
Wei-Ting Hsu +2 more
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Retropharyngeal abscess as a rare presentation of pulmonary tuberculosis
Lung India, 2015 A tubercular retropharyngeal abscess is rare in immunocompetent adults. In the case of a tubercular retropharyngeal abscess, it is usually due to cervical spine tuberculosis and is seen mostly in children.
Meera Ekka, Sanjeev Sinha
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Acute Retropharyngeal Abscess Masquerading as Meningitis
Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2017 Retropharyngeal abscess is a potentially serious deep neck space infection occurring more frequently in children than in adults. The clinical picture of RPA is highly variable with paucity of physical findings.
Pirabu Sakthivel +4 more
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Mediastinal and Retropharyngeal Abscesses in a Neonate [PDF]
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2011 Mediastinal abscess following retropharyngeal abscess is a rare entity. We report the first neonate presenting with a large mediastinal abscess as a complication of a retropharyngeal abscess.
Chien-Han Chen +5 more
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A case of retropharyngeal abscess with spondylitis causing tetraplegia
Clinics and Practice, 2012 We report a case of retropharyngeal abscess with spondylitis causing tetraplegia. At a previous hospital, administration of antibiotics improved the inflammation findings.
Takeshi Kusunoki +4 more
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Retropharyngeal Calcific Tendonitis Mimics a Retropharyngeal Abscess [PDF]
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2013 Retropharyngeal calcific tendonitis (RCT) is an uncommon, self-limiting condition that is often omitted in the differential diagnosis of a retropharyngeal fluid collection.
Natasha Pollak, Sonya Wexler
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Retropharyngeal Abscess in a Neonate After Extravasation Injury: To Drain or not to Drain? [PDF]
Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol, 2021 Neonatal retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is a rare and life-threatening entity. Most of the cases are idiopathic in nature. We encountered a case of RPA in a newborn secondary to extravasation injury.
Ng JJ +4 more
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Late evolution retropharyngeal abscess after ingestion of foreign body
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2009 Introduction: The complications relating to the ingestion of foreign bodies, such as retropharyngeal abscess, are of low prevalence, but potentially severe.
Imamura, Rui +4 more
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B-ENT, 2010 Retropharyngeal abscess presenting with acute respiratory distress in a case of cervical spondylodiscitis. We treated a 41-year-old man who presented with dysphagia, fever and respiratory distress.
S. Avcu +4 more
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