Ondzotto G, Fouemina T, Oko A, Akolbout D, Itiere F
Service ORL et CCF, CHU de Brazzaville, BP 13356, Brazzaville, Congo.
Arch Pediatr. 2009 Dec;16(12):1562-4. doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2009.09.013. Epub 2009 Oct 31.
Cervical adenophlegmon is frequently encountered in children. We report on a case of an exceptional direct communication between a retropharyngeal abscess and a cervical adenophlegmon, observed in a 25-month-old child. Treatment comprised double antibiotic therapy and retropharyngeal drainage, which led to the subsidence of the laterocervical abscess. The progression was uncomplicated.
