Life-threating complication of parapharyngeal abscess and mediastinitis in a 10-year-old otherwise healthy girl following elective tonsillectomy - first reported paediatric case.

Holm-Hansen, C C

Life-threating complication of parapharyngeal abscess and mediastinitis in a 10-year-old otherwise healthy girl following elective tonsillectomy - first reported paediatric case. [electronic resource] - The Journal of laryngology and otology Feb 2019 - 161-163 p. digital

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

1748-5460

10.1017/S0022215119000021 doi


Anti-Bacterial Agents--therapeutic use
Child
Drainage
Elective Surgical Procedures--adverse effects
Female
Humans
Mediastinitis--diagnosis
Retropharyngeal Abscess--diagnosis
Surgical Wound Infection--diagnosis
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tonsillectomy--adverse effects