title: [Computerized tomography findings in neck abscess ].
abstract: Computed tomography was the diagnostic confirming method in two patients with a necrotic cervical phlegmon caused by an infection of streptococcus pyogenes and candida albicans. A cervical phlegmon is frequently caused by the lymphogenic transmission of diverse primary infections. The time between the primary infection and the appearance of a cervical phlegmon is very varied. In rare cases it is possible that the primary focus will have cured completely. The cervical fasciae separate the neck into three different spaces, which, together with their hypostatic abscess paths, can be visualized using CT. The use of the central veins (e.g., the jugular vein) to administer medication etc. means that the deep cervical phlegmone will continue to be a complication in intensive-care patients.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Radiologie der Medizinischen Universität zu Lübeck.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zwaan
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blume
mesh_terms: D002177:Candidiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008477:Mediastinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010309:Parotitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Computertomographischer Befund bei der Halsphlegmone.