Bilateral deep neck space infection in the paediatric age group: a case report and review of the literature

Deep neck space infections can occur at any age but require more intimate management in the paediatric age group because of their rapidly progressive nature. Concurrent abscess in distinct neck spaces has rarely been reported in healthy children. Herewith, a rare case of bilateral neck abscess is re...

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Autores principales: SONGU, M., DEMIRAY, U., ADIBELLI, Z.H., ADIBELLI, H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pacini Editore SpA 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3185821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22058596
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description Deep neck space infections can occur at any age but require more intimate management in the paediatric age group because of their rapidly progressive nature. Concurrent abscess in distinct neck spaces has rarely been reported in healthy children. Herewith, a rare case of bilateral neck abscess is reported in a 16-month-old female and the clinical presentation and management are discussed with a review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-31858212011-11-04 Bilateral deep neck space infection in the paediatric age group: a case report and review of the literature SONGU, M. DEMIRAY, U. ADIBELLI, Z.H. ADIBELLI, H. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital Case Report Deep neck space infections can occur at any age but require more intimate management in the paediatric age group because of their rapidly progressive nature. Concurrent abscess in distinct neck spaces has rarely been reported in healthy children. Herewith, a rare case of bilateral neck abscess is reported in a 16-month-old female and the clinical presentation and management are discussed with a review of the literature. Pacini Editore SpA 2011-06 2011-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3185821/ /pubmed/22058596 Text en © Copyright by Società Italiana di Otorinolaringologia e Chirurgia Cervico-Facciale http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License, which permits for noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any digital medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not altered in any way. For details, please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/
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title Bilateral deep neck space infection in the paediatric age group: a case report and review of the literature
title_full Bilateral deep neck space infection in the paediatric age group: a case report and review of the literature
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