Phlegmon neck and face as a complication peritonsillar abscess--case report
Kuśmierczyk, K.; Olszewski, J.; Konopka, Wław.; Pietkiewicz, P.
Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski Organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego 19(111): 450-451
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 1426-9686 PMID: 16358907 Document Number: 594775
The authors describe a 46-year-old male patient. Inflammatory state of tonsils and peritonsillar abscess caused a serious complication which came to parapharyngeal phlegmon and superficial soft tissue phlegmon face and neck. A wide application of antibiotic gives a rare complication, but mortality reaches a few percent. A basic method is a surgical treatment--a wide cut of tissues in many places, to drainage interfascia space and compound aim intravenous antibiotic therapy.