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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Weldetsadik, Abate Yeshidinber
• Bedane, Alemayehu
• Riedel, Frank

Titel

Retropharyngeal Tuberculous Abscess: A Rare Cause of Upper Airway Obstruction and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: A Case Report

Ist Teil von

• Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980), 2019-12, Vol.65 (6), p.642-645

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Oxford Journals 2020 Medicine

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Retropharyngeal tuberculous abscess (RPTBA) is a rare manifestation of tuberculosis (TB) even in high TB burden areas. It rarely manifests as a cause of upper airway obstruction and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children with few case reports in the literature. We report a 22 months old toddler who presented with upper airway obstruction and OSA and was diagnosed with RPTBA. The child recovered completely and growing normally after intra-oral aspiration and 6 months of anti-tuberculosis treatment.