A Case of Nasopharyngeal Tuberculosis with Retropharyngeal Abscess / 대한이비인후과학회지

ABSTRACT

The nasopharyngeal tuberculosis with retropharyngeal abscess is a rare disease. Recently, the authors experienced a 26 year-old female patient who had been admitted with odynophagia for 1 month. The physical examination revealed isolated granulomatous lesion on the nasopharynx and protrusion of the posterior pharyngeal wall between the nasopharynx and the oropharynx. Biopsies from the nasopharynx showed caseating epitheloid granuloma with multinucleated giant cell. Needle aspiration of the retropharyngeal space yielded 50ml of pus. She was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal tuberculosis with retropharyngeal abscess. We effectively treated her with trial anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy and intraoral drainage. We report it with a review of the literature.