Yii N W, Quinn S J, Andersson L C, Niranjan N S, Kenyon G S
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
Br J Plast Surg. 1996 Jun;49(4):237-41. doi: 10.1016/s0007-1226(96)90058-2.
We present a case of life-threatening necrotising fasciitis of the neck with acute pharyngeal perforation following a parapharyngeal abscess caused by tonsillitis. The joint occurrence of cervical necrotising fasciitis and acute pharyngeal perforation has not been previously reported. A new way of reconstructing the pharyngeal defect using an islanded submental perforator flap is presented.