A rare adult case of poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis with a retropharyngeal abscess
| Autor: | Mai Nonaka, Keiichiro Matsumoto, Masatora Yamasaki, Tsuyoshi Takashima, Yuki Awanami, Sae Hirata, Yuji Ikeda, Makoto Fukuda, Motoaki Miyazono |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Pharynx 030232 urology & nephrology Retropharyngeal abscess Case Report General Medicine medicine.disease 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Surgery 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Paranasal sinuses Retropharyngeal lymph nodes Middle ear medicine Lymph business Complication Retropharyngeal space |
| Zdroj: | CEN Case Reports. 6:118-123 |
| ISSN: | 2192-4449 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13730-017-0256-3 |
| Popis: | Retropharyngeal abscess is an infection involving the retropharyngeal space which is posterior to the pharynx and oesophagus, and it results as a complication of a primary infection elsewhere in the head and neck including the nasopharynx, paranasal sinuses, or middle ear, which drain lymph to the retropharyngeal lymph nodes. Their lymph nodes are prominent in children and atrophy with age. Therefore, retropharyngeal abscess is most frequently encountered in children, with 75% of cases occurring before the age of 5 years, and often in the first year of life. We experienced a rare adult case of poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis with a retropharyngeal abscess, and conservative therapy ameliorated them. According to past reports, only one child with a retropharyngeal abscess and poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis has been presented at a conference to date; this is the first adult case of poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis with a retropharyngeal abscess. Retropharyngeal abscess can be fatal including airway compression, so it is important to remember retropharyngeal abscess in a case of poststreptococcal acute glomerulonephritis with severe symptoms of neck. |
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