[Retropharyngeal abscess].
We present 2 cases of retropharyngeal abscess in adults as complication of acute tonsillitis and cervical pyogenic osteomyelitis, respectively. These cases confirm that retropharyngeal abscess has a significant morbi-mortality despite of new antibiotic drugs introduced. A review of the present characteristics of the complaint is treated in this paper.
Crusat Braña
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S
Servicio de O.R.L. Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona.
Nogués Orpí
J
J
Maños Pujol
M
M
Vera Llao
R
R
González Compta
X
X
Dicenta Sousa
M
M
D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000150:complications
Absceso retrofaríngeo.