Journal of Clinical Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Article

인후강의 결핵성 농양: 증례 보고

오경균1, 김기환1, 박혁동1, 추무진1
Kyung Kyoon Oh1, Gi Hwan Kim1, Hyuk Dong Park1, Moo Jin Choo1
1원자력병원 이비인후과
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Korea Cancer Center Hospital

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Retropharyngeal abscesses deserve special consideration because of their relative rarity and because of the anatomic relations of an abscess in the retropharyngeal space. Retropharyngeal abscesses will form lateral to the midline secondary to the midline adherence of the alar fascia to the prevertebral fascia. If the abscess compresses the larynx and upper trachea, symptoms of upper airway obstruction develop. Retropharyngeal abscesses may break through the alar fascia and invole the prevertebral space with easy egress to the mediastinum. In the tuberculos abscess, local inflammatory changes (tenderness and erythema) usually are not present unless a coexisting (bacterial) infection is present. The tuberculous abscess in the retopharyngeal space is very rare.

Authors experienced two cases of the tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess which diagnosed by the histopathology and microbiology. Authors report the two cases with review of the literatures and the radiologic photography.

Keywords: Tuberculous abscess; Retropharyngeal space; Case report