title: Infected Tornwaldt's Cyst Leading to Life-Threatening Retropharyngeal Abscess in a Diabetic Patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Geng-He
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yao-Te
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Divison of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chang-Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Chiayi, Taiwan Remingalbertyeh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Reming-Albert
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Yeh
mesh_terms: D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010608:Pharyngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Tornwaldt’s cyst; deep neck infection; diabetic mellitus; nasopharyngeal cyst; retropharyngeal abscess