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Ultrasound-guided transoral drainage of a paediatric parapharyngeal abscess

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 November 2014

A Delides ,
E Manoli ,
M Papadopoulos  and
T Nikolopoulos
A Delides*
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Athens Medical Centre, Marousi, Greece 2nd Otolaryngology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
E Manoli
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Radiology, Athens Medical Centre, Marousi, Greece
M Papadopoulos
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Pulmonology, Athens Medical Centre, Marousi, Greece
T Nikolopoulos
Affiliation:
2nd Otolaryngology Department, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece
*
Address for correspondence: Dr A Delides, 25 Agion Saranta St, Papagou, Athens 15669, Greece Fax: +302106633026 E-mail: delidis@athens-orl.gr
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Abstract

Objective:

To report and discuss the surgical use of ultrasonography for draining a parapharyngeal space infection in a child.

Case report:

The use of image-guided surgery for draining a parapharyngeal abscess has been previously reported, with computed tomography for an intra-oral approach and ultrasound for an external approach. We present the first case report of a four-year-old child with a retropharyngeal abscess and a deep parapharyngeal abscess in whom neck ultrasound was used to assist intra-oral drainage.

Conclusion:

Neck ultrasound may be used in paediatric patients to visualise access to the parapharyngeal space through the intra-oral route for abscess drainage.

Keywords

UltrasonographyNeckRetropharyngeal AbscessAbscessImage-Guided Surgery
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 12 , December 2014 , pp. 1120 - 1122
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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