Cervical necrotising fasciitis with pharyngeal perforation: treatment and reconstruction.
We present a case of life-threatening necrotising fasciitis of the neck with acute pharyngeal perforation following a parapharyngeal abscess caused by tonsillitis. The joint occurrence of cervical necrotising fasciitis and acute pharyngeal perforation has not been previously reported. A new way of reconstructing the pharyngeal defect using an islanded submental perforator flap is presented.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Quinn
S J
SJ
Andersson
L C
LC
Niranjan
N S
NS
Kenyon
G S
GS
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D019115:Fasciitis, Necrotizing / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed