Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis is defined as inflammation of the longus colli muscle and is caused by the deposition of calcium hydroxyapatite crystals, which usually involves the superior oblique fibers of the longus colli muscle from C1-3. Diagnosis is usually made by detecting amorphous calcification and prevertebral soft tissue swelling on radiograph, CT or MRI. In this report, we intr...

A retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) in early childhood is not uncommon due to at-risk lymph nodes this deep neck space and typified by fever, odynophagia, a constellation of respiratory manifestations. However, RPA exceedingly rare the neonatal subpopulation part usual differential diagnosis algorithm age range. Herein, we present unique case previously healthy 5-week-old male infant with protracte...

Wild deer have an important role in the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (bTB). The aims of this study were (1) to compare the pattern of lesions present in wild red (Cervus elaphus) and fallow (Dama dama) deer that were naturally infected with Mycobacterium bovis, and (2) to use this information to develop a sampling strategy for the isolation of M. bovis from the lymphoid tissues of the he...

A 9-month-old girl was evaluated in our emergency room for 1 03°F fever and decreased activity. Three weeks earlier, at another hospital , the patient had been treated with antibiotics and skin grafting for secondand third-degree scald burns. On the current admission, a nonfluctuant neck swelling was noted, but otherwise the results of the physical and neurologic examinations were normal. WBC w...