title: Percutaneous CT-guided aspiration of deep neck abscesses.
abstract: Four patients with deep neck or retropharyngeal abscesses underwent CT-guided aspiration and drainage from either of two percutaneous approaches. Percutaneous drainage contributed to prompt and/or dramatic clinical responses in all four patients by effecting decompression of the abscess cavities and by improving the ability to assess infectious organisms. There were no complications in this small group. Precutaneous drainage obviated more traditional invasive surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, NY 13790, USA.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Poe
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Petro
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Matta
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome