RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS

Karli R., Gul A., Yildirim B., Ugur M. B.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI, cilt.13, sa.4, ss.274-277, 2010 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF GERIATRICS-TURK GERIATRI DERGISI
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.274-277
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Retropharyngeal abscess is a rare but serious disease, which is seen especially in childhood. It may lead to symptoms like neck swelling, sudden airway obstruction and etc. The most common findings are fever, neck swelling, swallowing and feeding problems. The duration of symptoms and signs can be variable. Diagnosis is confirmed by lateral neck radiographs. The most helpful diagnostic means are direct visualization and computerized tomography scan of the cervical area. Early diagnosis and surgical treatment prevents serious complications such as mediastinal spread, aspiration of pus, airway obstruction or erosion into a major vessel. In this paper, we present a seventy four-year-old case with retropharyngeal abscess who admitted with severe respiratory distress and severe feeding problems.