Retropharyngeal abscesses are deep neck space infections that can pose an immediate life-threatening emergency, with potential for airway compromise and other catastrophic complications. Retropharyngeal abscess can lead to airway obstruction or sepsis both life-threatening emergencies. Fatalities normally occur from patients not receiving treatment immediately and suffocating prior to knowing t...

Background/aim: Our aim was to interpret the effects of deep neck space abscesses on the adjacent carotid artery according to abscess location, as well as to determine narrowing by calculating the mean stenosis ratios.Materials and methods: Neck computed tomography scans and clinical data of 45 children with neck abscesses were evaluated retrospectively for abscess location and internal carotid...

OBJECTIVES Conservative management for retropharyngeal abscesses <2 cm is now a first line option. It is unclear if conservative management can be used to manage larger abscesses without increased morbidity and mortality. STUDY DESIGN A prospective case series was performed from 2012 to 2015 by the Otolaryngology department of the San Fernando General Hospital involving pediatric patients who...

Retropharyngeal cellulitis / abscess were very commonly seen in children in the past usually associated with oropharyngeal infection.1,2 Adult retropharyngeal cellulitis / abscess also occur due to trauma, infections, foreign body, impaction, and spread of infection to adjacent foci.1-4 Calcification of the posterior part of cricoid cartilage, arytenoid cartilage or posterior aspect of the thyr...

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...

Abstract Background Post-Covid retropharyngeal mucormycosis is a rare presentation, and no case has been reported in literature until date. Case presentation A-32-year-old female post Covid presented to our OPD with history of dysphagia steroid intake. Radiology confirmed it as abscess. Endoscopic-guided aspiration was done. HPE (histopathological examination) revealed classic broad aseptate hy...