Vol.95 No.8 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 95 No. 8 August 2002
Serious Deep Neck Abscess; Report of 2 Cases
Toshio Ishikawa and Hitoshi Tojima
(Hitachi General Hospital)
We present two cases of serious deep neck abscess. Case 1 was a 60-year-old female with mediastinal abscess secondary to deep neck abscess complicating chronic hepatitis C during interferon treatment. Case 2 was an 81-year-old female with extensive deep neck abscess, and during treatment she was discovered to have diabetes mellitus. Computed tomography was most useful in both diagnosis and conducting post-operative observation. Surgical drainage in combination with intravenous infusion of appropriate antibiotics improved the abscess in both cases.
Key words : deep neck abscess, computed tomography, surgical drainage