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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Autores principales: Kusunoki, Takeshi, Ito, Shin, Iizuka, Takashi, Ono, Noritsugu, Ikeda, Katsuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2012
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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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author Kusunoki, Takeshi
Ito, Shin
Iizuka, Takashi
Ono, Noritsugu
Ikeda, Katsuhisa
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description 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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spelling pubmed-39812932014-04-24 A case of retropharyngeal abscess with spondylitis causing tetraplegia Kusunoki, Takeshi Ito, Shin Iizuka, Takashi Ono, Noritsugu Ikeda, Katsuhisa Clin Pract Case Report 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. PAGEPress Publications 2012-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC3981293/ /pubmed/24765451 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e52 Text en ©Copyright T. Kusunoki et al., 2012 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 3.0 License (CC BY-NC 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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Ito, Shin
Iizuka, Takashi
Ono, Noritsugu
Ikeda, Katsuhisa
A case of retropharyngeal abscess with spondylitis causing tetraplegia
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