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Parapharyngeal abscess and torticollis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Chr. Buchwald ,
F. Nissen  and
J. Thomsen
Chr. Buchwald*
Affiliation:
Hellerup, Denmark
F. Nissen
Affiliation:
Hellerup, Denmark
J. Thomsen
Affiliation:
Hellerup, Denmark
*
Chr. Buchwald, ENT-Department, Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900Hellerup, Denmark.
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Abstract

The combination of a parapharyngeal abscess and torticollis in an adult, due to a spastic contraction of the sterno-cleido-mastoid muscle is an extremely rare condition. We have recently been exposed to such a case, in which it was very difficult to make the diagnosis and where CT of the neck gave us the answers without any difficulty. The indication for CT at an early stage in unexplained neck infections is stressed.

Type
View from Within: Radiology in Focus
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 104 , Issue 10 , October 1990 , pp. 829 - 830
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1990

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