Tubercular Retropharyngeal Abscess in Early Infancy - Rare Presentation of a Common Infection: A Case Report
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Correspondence
Dr. Divya Gupta,
66, Raj Nagar, Pitam Pura, Delhi-110034, India.
E-mail: divyagupta.leo@gmail.com
Retropharyngeal abscesses in children are acute-infectious and non tubercular in nature. We present a rare case of tubercular retropharyngeal abscess presenting in early infancy. Patient was born to a mother who was diagnosed within four weeks of delivery with tubercular meningitis. Within six weeks of being born, the child developed fever and tubercular lymphadenopathy, possibly a manifestation of latent tubercular hematogenous infection transmitted to the child from mother in utero.