Lipoblastoma, a rare benign tumour arising from embryonic fat, is usually found in areas of abundant adipose tissue. Various reports describe a predilection of lipoblastoma for sites with primitive adipose tissue such as axilla, neck, retroperitoneum and prevertebral soft tissue. The plantar aspect of the foot is an extremely rare site due to scarcity of fatty tissue. Differential diagnosis inc...

The aim of management of injury of the spinal cord, if feasible, is to reduce the occuring neurologic deficit and protect any additional loss of neurologic function. Most of complications are noted during the peroperative or immediate postoperative period. Dysphagia is common occurance in the early postoperative period following anterior cervical spine surgery. There are many reasons that lead ...

Hibernoma is a slow growing, rare benign tumour, which derived from brown adipose tissue. This tumour is usually found in the area where foetal fat persists such as back, axilla, retro peritoneum and thorax. Hibernoma rarely occurs in the retro pharynx. We report a case of retropharyngeal hibernoma in a 44-year-old male. He presented with obstructive symptoms for six months and a retropharyngea...

Lateral retropharyngeal lymph node (LRPLN) is located between the internal carotid artery and the prevertebral muscles. Metastasis to the LRPLN is frequent in nasopharyngeal cancer, but is rare in oral cancer. The prognosis of patients with oral cancer with LRPLN metastasis is usually poor. The present study reported a patient with LRPLN metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma of the upper ging...

The case is reported of an elderly man with asymptomatic cervical spondylosis who sustained a minor hyperextension injury of the cervical spine when the brakes of a car were applied suddenly to avoid a collision. Within six hours marked swelling of the neck and severe dyspnoea developed, and a lateral radiograph showed the pharyngeal shadow displaced far forwards and a crack fracture of an ante...

Acute prevertebral calcific tendonitis (APCT) is a rare condition, the exact incidence of which is unknown. It is of particular interest to the emergency physician owing to the other potentially devastating conditions in the differential diagnosis of neck stiffness and/or odynophagia (including retropharyngeal abscess, infectious spondylitis, and meningitis.) In contrast, APCT has a benign clin...

A female neonate, with neurological signs and leucocytosis in sterile spinal fluid, was found to have anomalies of the upper thoracic vertebral bodies with a bony spur indicating diastematomyelia. The spur was removed, but symptoms recurred. Necropsy at the age of 5 months revealed an intraspinal gastroenterogenous cyst containing a perforated peptic ulcer. Analysis of eight previous reports of...

We report the case of a 28-year-old woman initially diagnosed with a left peritonsillar abscess, which was drained, resulting in clinical relief. Twelve days later, a bulge was observed in the posterior pharyngeal wall. CT and MRI showed a tumour with destruction of atlas lateral mass, with a soft tissue component in prevertebral, retropharyngeal, left carotid and paraspinal spaces. Biopsy and ...