Tubercular Retropharyngeal Abscess With Pott’s Disease in an Elderly Male Patient

Retropharyngeal abscess (RPA) is a life-threatening emergency due to its potential to cause airway compression. It is rare in the elderly and occurs mostly in immunocompromised patients, or as a complication of instrumentation. We are reporting the case of a 70-year-old male who presented with sudde...

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Autores principales: Thomas, Kiren, Gupta, Manish, Gaba, Saurabh, Gupta, Monica
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596074
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8256

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7313433/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596074
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8256

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