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Retropharyngeal abscess presenting as acute airway obstruction in a 66-year-old woman: A case report

BACKGROUND: Adult retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is extremely rare, and most cases reported in the literature were related to tuberculous infection. We present a case of RPA with acute airway obstruction as the main manifestation in a 66-year-old woman that was considered to be non-tubercular suppura...

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Autores principales: Lin, Jian, Wu, Xiao-Mai, Feng, Jia-Xi, Chen, Mei-Fang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6887600/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31799312
http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v7.i22.3838