2025/08/19 by Eze, K. C., Awosanya, GOG
#Abscess #Diagnosis #Meat Bone #Radiology #Retropharyngeal
paper · doi:10.82235/wajr.vol13no1.172
A 5 year old boy had meat bone traumatically dislodged from his pharynx by his mother. A retropharyngeal abscess developed five days later. Diagnosis was made on lateral x- ray of the neck. The abscess was successfully drained. Culture of abscess yielded Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Complications of retropharyngeal abscess and modes of diagnosis are discussed.