Sudden rupture of an acute retropharyngeal abscess in children: A grave lesson
Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) in children is becoming an uncommon entity in the era of antibiotics. Majority of the patients presented with neck swelling and fever while very few of them manifested any kind of airway compromise symptoms. Nevertheless, RPA can potentially be life threatening as th...
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my.usm.eprints.37233 http://eprints.usm.my/37233/ Sudden rupture of an acute retropharyngeal abscess in children: A grave lesson Ibrahim, Mohd Irman Shah Nik Mohd, Nik Khairani Mohamad, Amran Md Shukri, Norasnieda RF Otorhinolaryngology Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) in children is becoming an uncommon entity in the era of antibiotics. Majority of the patients presented with neck swelling and fever while very few of them manifested any kind of airway compromise symptoms. Nevertheless, RPA can potentially be life threatening as the possible complications such as airway obstruction and sudden rupture of the abscess may occur if not treated promptly. There was no reported mortality in recent literatures. We reported an unfortunate boy who died from sudden rupture of the RPA. Elsevier 2016-07 Article PeerReviewed Ibrahim, Mohd Irman Shah and Nik Mohd, Nik Khairani and Mohamad, Amran and Md Shukri, Norasnieda (2016) Sudden rupture of an acute retropharyngeal abscess in children: A grave lesson. Egyptian Journal of Ear, Nose, Throat and Allied Sciences, 17 (2). pp. 119-121. ISSN 2090-0740 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejenta.2016.05.006 |
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Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) in children is becoming an uncommon entity in the era
of antibiotics. Majority of the patients presented with neck swelling and fever while very few of
them manifested any kind of airway compromise symptoms. Nevertheless, RPA can potentially
be life threatening as the possible complications such as airway obstruction and sudden rupture
of the abscess may occur if not treated promptly. There was no reported mortality in recent literatures.
We reported an unfortunate boy who died from sudden rupture of the RPA. |
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Sudden rupture of an acute retropharyngeal abscess
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Sudden rupture of an acute retropharyngeal abscess
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