Department of E.N.T, J.N.M.C Sawangi, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.
Asian Pac J Trop Med. 2011 Mar;4(3):251-2. doi: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60080-1. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
Tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess is a rare presentation. It is present in adults usually due to involvement of cervical spine by tuberculosis. Retropharyngeal space usually gets involved in children due to pyogenic organisms or secondary to trauma. Here is a case of tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess in an adult female, with pulmonary tuberculosis. The patient was not having tuberculous involvement of cervical spine and was managed surgically by aspirating the retropharyngeal abscess transorally and AKT Category I.
结核性咽后脓肿是一种罕见的表现。它通常发生在成年人，是由于颈椎结核引起的。咽后间隙在儿童中通常因化脓性病原体或继发于创伤而受累。这里有一个成年女性结核性咽后脓肿的病例，同时患有肺结核。患者没有颈椎结核受累，通过经口抽吸咽后脓肿和 AKT 分类 I 进行了手术治疗。
