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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...
Autores principales: | Thomas, Kiren, Gupta, Manish, Gaba, Saurabh, Gupta, Monica |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2020
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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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