A case of retropharyngeal abscess with spondylitis causing tetraplegia

We report a case of retropharyngeal abscess with spondylitis causing tetraplegia. At a previous hospital, administration of antibiotics improved the inflammation findings. However, magnetic resonace imaging showed a remaining retropharyngeal abscess. This patient showed a disturbance of consciousnes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kusunoki, Takeshi, Ito, Shin, Iizuka, Takashi, Ono, Noritsugu, Ikeda, Katsuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3981293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24765451
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e52
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Sumario:We report a case of retropharyngeal abscess with spondylitis causing tetraplegia. At a previous hospital, administration of antibiotics improved the inflammation findings. However, magnetic resonace imaging showed a remaining retropharyngeal abscess. This patient showed a disturbance of consciousness under this therapy. Therefore, he was admitted to our hospital and underwent a drainage operation. At 1 day after this operation, he recovered from the disturbance of consciousness.

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