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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...
Autores principales: | Lin, Jian, Wu, Xiao-Mai, Feng, Jia-Xi, Chen, Mei-Fang |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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