Tubercular Retropharyngeal Abscess in Early Infancy - Rare Presentation of a Common Infection: A Case Report
Published: March 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/31570.11283
Divya Gupta, Ishwar Singh, Gaurav Jareda, Divya Vaid, Purodha Prasad
1. Divisional Medical Officer, Department of ENT, Northern Railway Central Hospital, Delhi, New Delhi, India.
2. Director Professor, Department of ENT, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India.
3. Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India.
4. Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India.
5. Junior Resident, Department of ENT, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Divya Gupta,
66, Raj Nagar, Pitam Pura, Delhi-110034, India.
E-mail: divyagupta.leo@gmail.com
Retropharyngeal abscesses in children are acute-infectious and non tubercular in nature. We present a rare case of tubercular retropharyngeal abscess presenting in early infancy. Patient was born to a mother who was diagnosed within four weeks of delivery with tubercular meningitis. Within six weeks of being born, the child developed fever and tubercular lymphadenopathy, possibly a manifestation of latent tubercular hematogenous infection transmitted to the child from mother in utero.
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