title: A sterile acute retropharyngeal abscess.
abstract: A 12-year-old male admitted to ENT ward on an emergency basis with history of foreign body in throat. It came out along with induced vomiting, followed by fever, Odynophagia and restricted Neck movements. It is proved as a case of acute retropharyngeal abscess. But it turned out to be the sterile abscess, which is rare and new thing for us. Hence presented herewith-brief review of literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of ENT, Government Medical College, 431601 Nanded, Maharashtra India.
authors.forename: R U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Ghumbre
authors.forename: A Z
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Nitnaware
keywords: Retropharyngeal abscess; sterile abscess