Pediatrics, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Radiology, Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
J Trop Pediatr. 2019 Dec 1;65(6):642-645. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmz018.
Retropharyngeal tuberculous abscess (RPTBA) is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis (TB) even in high TB burden areas. It rarely manifests as a cause of upper airway obstruction and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children with few case reports in the literature. We report a 22 months old toddler who presented with upper airway obstruction and OSA and was diagnosed with RPTBA. The child recovered completely and growing normally after intra-oral aspiration and 6 months of anti-tuberculosis treatment.
咽后结核性脓肿（RPTBA）即使在结核病负担较高的地区，也是一种罕见的结核病表现。它很少表现为儿童上呼吸道梗阻和阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停（OSA）的原因，文献中仅有少数病例报告。我们报告了一例 22 个月大的幼儿，他以上呼吸道梗阻和 OSA 为表现，并被诊断为咽后结核性脓肿。该患儿经口腔抽吸和 6 个月抗结核治疗后完全康复，生长发育正常。
