Computed Tomography in Diagnosing Retropharyngeal Abscess in Children

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Barratt GE, Koopman CFJr., Coulthard SW. Retropharyngeal abscess, a ten year experience. Laryngoscope. 1985;94:455-463.

Brown JM Acute retropharyngeal abscess in children. Laryngoscope . 1919:29:9-12.

Yeoh LH , Singh SD , Rogers JH Retropharyngeal abscesses in a children's hospital. J Laryngol Otol. 1985;99:555-566.

Husaru AD , Nedzelski JM Retropharyngeal abscess and upper airway obstruction. J Otolaryngol . 1979;8:443-447.

Greene JS , Asher IM Retropharyngeal abscess: a previously unreported symptom. Ann Emerg Med. 1984;13:615-619.

Ownes OT , Bergstrom L. Recurrent retropharyngeal abscess. Arch Otolaryngol. 1984;110:337-338.

Blomquist IK , Bayer AS Life-threatening deep facial space infections of the head and neck. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 1988;2:237-264.

Seid AB , Dunbar JS , Cotton RT Retropharyngeal abscess in children revisited. Laryngoscope . 1979;89:1717-1724.

Benoit BG , Russell NA , Cole CW , et al. Meningitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess. Report of a case occurring with cervical spine fracture. Spine. 1983 ;8:438-439.

10.

Eliachar I. , Peleg H. , Joachims HZ Mediastinitis and bilateral pyopneumothorax complicating parapharyngeal abscess. Head Neck Surg. 1981 ;3:438-442.

11.

Rampsey PG , Weymuller EA Complications of bacterial infections of the ears, paranasal sinuses and oropharynx in adults. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1985;3:143-160.

12.

Hammer R. Retropharyngeal abscess. Ann Emerg Med. 1982 ;11:549-552.

13.

Haug RH , Wible RT , Lieberman J. Measurement standards for the prevertebral region in the lateral soft tissue radiography of the neck. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1991;49:1149-1151.

14.

Endicott JN , Nelson RJ , Saraceno CA Diagnosis and management decisions in infections of the deep facial spaces of the head and neck utilizing computerized tomography . Laryngoscope. 1982 ;92:630-633.

15.

Hilton SW , Edwards DK , Hilton JW Practical Pediatric Radiology. Philadelphia, PA : WB Saunders; 1984:3-47.

16.

Holt GR , McManus K. , Newman RK , et al. Computed tomography in the diagnosis of deep neck infections . Arch Otolaryngol. 1982;108:693-696.