title: Anaesthetic management of difficult airway due to retropharyngeal abscess.
abstract: A one-and-half-year old girl weighing 7.5 kg presented with a history of neck swelling, difficulty in swallowing and breathing. She was posted for incision and drainage on an emergency basis. Diagnosis was confirmed by neck X-ray and computed tomography scan as retropharyngeal abscess. Here we present the successful anaesthetic management of this child at JSS Medical College Hospital, Mysore.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, JSS Medical College, Mysore, India.
authors.forename: Manjula Sudhakar
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Yk
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Linga Raju
authors.forename: Pn
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vishwanathan