Fleischer Jens Geelmuyden, Kjeldsen Anette Drøhse
Øre-naese-halskirurgisk Afdeling F, Odense Universitetshospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark.
Ugeskr Laeger. 2009 Nov 30;171(49):3620-1.
Abscess formation in the cervical lymph nodes is a well-known clinical manifestation. Special care should be taken in atypical cases. In this article we describe the case of a young foreign male with tuberculosis-induced cervical abscess formation where surgery revealed a large connecting mediastinal abscess.