A Case of Retropharyngeal Abscess and Mediastinal Abscess with Dyspnea / 소아알레르기및호흡기학회지

ABSTRACT

Retropharyngeal abscess is a deep neck infection that causes an immediate life-threatening emergency with potential for airway compromise and other catastrophic complications. Mediastinal abscess is also a serious and potentially fatal process. Thus, both early diagnosis and adequate treatment of these diseases are critical. We report a case of dyspnea caused by retropharyngeal abscess and mediastinal abscess in a 9-month-old male patient. The patient had continuous fever and cough after foreign body removal, but had only been diagnosed as, and been treated for, bronchiolitis. He underwent surgical abscess drainage and systemic broad-spectrum antibiotics treatment successfully.