T.B and pyogenic neck infection: different patterns in CT examination

ABSTRACT

The aim of this work was to illustrate the different CT patterns of neck infections. This study included 28 patients with suspected neck infection were referred to the Radiodiagnosis Department. They were subjected to history taking, clinical examination and multislices computed tomography [CT] evaluation with contrast. 28 patients were included in this study, 19 males and 9 females, their age ranged from 2-73 years. The different affected neck spaces were as follows 12 peritonsillar, 7 submandibular, 7 parapharyngeal, 4 retropharyngeal, 2 sublingual, 4anterior cervical, 1 posterior cervical, and 1 parotid space. Lymph nodal abnormalities were identified in 9 patients. Nine patients with chest involvement as mediastinal extension in 6 patients, lung parenchymal lesions 2, one with mediastinal lymph nodes. CT is sufficient in detection of the extension of various neck infections. CT chest in the same sitting with CT neck may add information about the extension of the disease or can give a due to the diagnosis