✦ LIBER ✦
Pharyngeal abscess presenting with upper airway obstruction and atlanto-axial subluxation in a small infant
✍ Scribed by A. Brookes; A. Moriarty
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 308 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-2409
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✦ Synopsis
We describe an infant who presented with a combination of upper airway obstruction and atlanto-axial subluxation, secondary to a pharyngeal abscess resulting from cosmetic ear piercing. This combination posed a number of difficulties for the anasthetist and a detailed plan was formulated to prepare the child for anasthesia.