| Medical and surgical treatment of peritonsillar, retropharyngeal and parapharyngeal abscesses. |
| A later neck radiograph suggested a prevertebral or retropharyngeal abnormality but otherwise was normal. |
| Swine are most often infected orally, resulting in lesions in the retropharyngeal and mesenteric lymph nodes. |
| If possible, also sample a piece of cerebellum, one tonsil, and one retropharyngeal lymph node. |
| In adults, the unusual occurrence of retropharyngeal abscesses may be associated with perforation of the posterior wall by foreign bodies or instrumentation. |
| We report a case of cervical spondylodiskitis revealed by a retropharyngeal abscess caused by a pyogen agent. |
