title: An unusual cause of stridor: retropharyngeal cold abscess.
abstract: A 15-month-old female presented with a large swelling on the left lateral aspect of the neck and respiratory distress, and stridor due to incomplete obstruction of the upper airway. A lateral X-ray film and computerized tomography scan of the cervical spine showed a retropharyngeal abscess without vertebral involvement. Aspiration and contrast revealed it to be a bilobed tubercular abscess. Planned external drainage was done after 10 days under anti-tubercular drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, L.T.M. Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Bombay-400022, India.
authors.forename: Paras R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.forename: Tarun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Ashish
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jiwane
authors.forename: Bharati
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed