Cervical Epidural and Retropharyngeal Abscess Induced by a Chicken Bone

Retropharyngeal abscess is occasionally seen in children, but is less common in adults where it usually occurs secondary to iatrogenic oropharynx trauma or a perforated foreign body in the oropharynx. Spinal epidural abscess in combination with a retropharyngeal abscess, which may cause rapid and ir...

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Published in:	International Journal of Gerontology
Main Authors:	Wei-Ting Hsu, Yi-Shing Leu, Jon-Kway Huang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2011-09-01
Subjects:	abscess chicken bone epidural abscess foreign body retropharyngeal abscess
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959811000664