Abstract:A 6-year old girl, presented with symptoms of obstructive sleep apnoea. She was referred to our centre when she developed obstructive symptoms such as stridor and dysphagia a month later. She was found to have a right neck swelling with a posterior pharyngeal wall mass, which caused upper airway obstruction. A computerized-tomography scan of her neck showed a very narrowed upper airway with a retropharyngeal abscess without prevertebral or vertebral involvement. She had a challenging intubation and underwent a… Show more
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