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Pre-suppurative phase of retropharyngeal infection: Contribution of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and treatment

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Pre-suppurative phase of retropharyngeal infection can't be differentiated from retropharyngeal abscess clinically or radiographically. Ultrasound, however, can diagnose this common infection in early phase. Early antibacterial treatment prevents the suppurative phase, obviates surgery and shortens the hospitalization phase.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Pediatrics, Wyler Children's Hospital The University of Chicago, Box 429, 60637, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    T. Ben-Ami M. D., D. K. Yousefzadeh & M. J. Aramburo

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This patient was studied by TBA at her previous institution (The Department of Radiology, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Hashomer, Israel).

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Ben-Ami, T., Yousefzadeh, D.K. & Aramburo, M.J. Pre-suppurative phase of retropharyngeal infection: Contribution of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and treatment. Pediatr Radiol 21, 23–26 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02010808

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