A 15-Month-Old Boy With Respiratory Distress and Parapharyngeal Abscess: A Case Report

A 15-Month-Old Boy With Respiratory Distress and Parapharyngeal Abscess: A Case Report

Parapharyngeal abscess is a life-threatening disease. Upper respiratory tract infection is the main cause in children. We present a 15-month-old boy admitted to the emergency ward with the chief complaint of difficulty in breathing caused by parapharyngealabscess. His condition deteriorated graduall...

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Main Authors: Behdad Gharib, Masoud Mohammadpour, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Fatemeh Mirashrafi, Bahareh Yaghmaie, Neda Pak, Mehrzad Mehdizadeh, Hamid Eshaghi, Mojtaba Gorji, Sara Memarian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Acta Medica Iranica
Subjects:
Parapharyngeal abscess
Respiratory distress
Mediastinitis
Retropharyngeal abscess
Online Access:https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/4955

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