Recurrence of a deep neck infection: A clinical indication of an underlying congenital lesion

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1379-1382

  Nusbaum, Annette O ^a   Som, Peter M ^a,b   Rothschild, Michael A ^a   Shugar, Joel M A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; NECK; RECURRENT DISEASE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THYMUS CYST; THYROGLOSSAL DUCT CYST; TOOTH INFECTION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 0032787568     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.12.1379     Document Type: Article

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