title: Retropharyngeal abscess: diagnosis and treatment update.
abstract: Retropharyngeal abscess is a deep neck space infection that may present in various subtle ways permitting potentially lethal complications to occur before appropriate diagnosis is made and expedient management undertaken. This article reviews in detail the pertinent anatomy, diagnostic pearls, and clinical recommendations to optimally manage these common infections in children.
authors.affiliation: National Children's Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20010, USA. BReilly@cnmc.org
authors.forename: Brian K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Reilly
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed