Retropharyngeal abscesses: A clinical and radiologic correlation

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 134-137

  Boucher, Carl ^a   Dorion, Dominique ^a,b   Fisch, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Service d'ORL   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT scan; Lateral neck x ray sensitivity; Retropharyngeal abscess; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS;

CELLULITIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033013267     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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