title: [Rare complications during the treatment of retropharyngeal abscess].
abstract: In the Province Integrated Hospital in Czestochowa a 2-year-old child was treated for a retropharyngeal abscess on the left side. During the treatment complication developed in the form of haemorrhage caused by damage to a large retropharyngeal artery, and cardiac arrest due to plugging of the glottis and trachea with mucus.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zółciński
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Scheller-Suchańska
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Izydorczyk
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D001049:Apnea / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009302:Nasopharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D009304:Nasopharyngitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012151:Resuscitation
vernacular_title: Rzadko spotykane powikłania w przebiegu leczenia ropnia tylnogardłowego.