Open AccessFeatures of prevertebral disease in patients presenting to a head and neck surgery clinic with neck pain
Author(s) -
Scharukh Jalisi,
Osamu Sakai,
Basem T. Jamal,
Vartan Mardirossian
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/ams.ams_54_17
Subject(s) - medicine , neck pain , odynophagia , cellulitis , dysphagia , surgery , abscess , retropharyngeal abscess , incision and drainage , retropharyngeal space , radiology , computed tomography , alternative medicine , pathology
Untreated prevertebral space infections, which can be overlooked because of connections with surrounding spaces, may lead to spinal epidural accumulations that cause cord compression. The aim of this study was to analyze the epidemiologic and diagnostic features of cases of prevertebral disease encountered by head and neck specialists.