A Timely Burst: Tuberculous Retropharyngeal Abscess.

Winton ChongS T LohJ KulasegarahT L LohTengku Mohamed Izam Bin Tengku Kamalden

Published in: Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (2020)

Tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We describe an immunocompetent teenager who has her tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess ruptured and then diagnosis confirmed by the presence of acid-fast bacilli from the gastric lavage.

Keyphrases

rare case
gram negative
subarachnoid hemorrhage
high frequency
hiv aids
abdominal aortic aneurysm
multidrug resistant
human immunodeficiency virus
brain injury
hiv infected