1991 Volume 1991 Issue Supplement42 Pages 146-153
The deep neck infection produced by spreading of odontogenic or upper respiratory inflammation through loosely connected tissues in the neck, such as the parapharyngeal and retropharyngeal space, sometimes becomes fatal.
Two patients with such severe deep nec k infection are reported. Both suffered from shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation due to sepsis.
The first patient was a 53-year-old male with mediastinit is in the course of the illness. Antibiotic therapy combined with extensive treatment was effective in controling general physical condition. The second patient was a female, aged 48 years, with chronic rheumatoid arthritis. Extraction of a tooth had been carried out previously and it became a trigger for her deep neck infection later. She died in spite of emergency treatment.
