A series of 12 neck space infections admitted to a military hospital in Germany in a 12 month period are presented. This represents an incidence of 1:1000 for the age group studied. The reappearance of the retropharyngeal abscess which has been rare since the widespread use of antibiotics, along with the generally high incidence of this group of infections, is probably a result of the more disc...

Neonatal cervical osteomyelitis is an extremely rare condition. It is a potentially dangerous condition with high fatality and disastrous consequences. Hence, it is important to recognise it early to prevent long-term morbidity and sensory-motor disabilities. It can have an indolent course conspicuous with the absence of pyrexia. We report a four-week-old infant with erosive osteomyelitis invol...

Four patients with deep neck or retropharyngeal abscesses underwent CT-guided aspiration and drainage from either of two percutaneous approaches. Percutaneous drainage contributed to prompt and/or dramatic clinical responses in all four patients by effecting decompression of the abscess cavities and by improving the ability to assess infectious organisms. There were no complications in this sma...