Acute retropharyngeal abscess in adults: a case series

Retropharyngeal abscess: case reports.

Acute stridor in childhood; retropharyngeal abscess.

Stridor of acute origin (commonly termed croup) is due to laryngeal or tracheal narrowing. The causes can be viral laryngotracheobronchitis (viral croup), acute epiglottitis, laryngeal diphtheria, retropharyngeal abscess, foreign body, allergic oedema, injury by steam or smoke inhalation or intubation and laryngeal spasm due to hypocalcaemia. 1 ,2 The relative importance of the various causes v...

Retropharyngeal hematoma mimicking retropharyngeal abscess

Bleeding from retropharyngeal space is relatively rare, and can be life threatening due to its close proximity to the upper airway. We report a case of a 59 year-old Chinese lady who had spontaneous retropharyngeal haematoma following warfarin anticoagulation that resulted in airway obstruction.

Retropharyngeal Calcific Tendonitis Mimics a Retropharyngeal Abscess

Retropharyngeal calcific tendonitis (RCT) is an uncommon, self-limiting condition that is often omitted in the differential diagnosis of a retropharyngeal fluid collection. This condition mimics a retropharyngeal abscess and should be considered when evaluating a fluid collection in the retropharyngeal space. Although calcific tendonitis at other sites has been well described in the medical lit...

An Unusual Case of Acute Epiglottic Abscess

A 48 year old man presented to our outpatient department with the history of absolute dysphagia, and fever for two days. On examination patient was febrile with drooling of saliva. Oropharynx was minimally congested. Indirect laryngoscopy revealed odematous epiglottis with pus pointing over the lingual surface. Radiography of soft tissue, neck lateral view, showed the thumb sign which suggeste...