title: [Tuberculous pre- and paravertebral abscess with spondylodiscitis].
abstract: A rare case of an adult with a large retropharyngeal cold abscess arising from a lesion of the upper cervical spine and causing airway obstruction is presented. The incidence, clinical features, and early diagnosis of spondylitis by magnetic resonance tomography, and the management of a retropharyngeal abscess are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik Würzburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Höhmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Höhmann
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014399:Tuberculosis, Spinal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
vernacular_title: Tuberkulöser prä- und paravertebraler Abszess mit Spondylodiszitis.