An infection in the deep neck space causes a retropharyngeal abscess. The condition can cause fatal airway obstruction, so doctors treat it as a medical emergency. A person’s symptoms can include ...

Ultrasound-guided catheter drainage successfully treated 84.5% of deep neck space abscesses and serious associated events predicted failure.

A newly published case report describes a 10-year-old girl whose double vision and difficulty swallowing revealed Gradenigo ...

A previously healthy 12-year-old girl walked into a clinic with a two-month history of persistent left-sided headache, progressive swelling around her left orbit, and a visibly protruding left eye.

While neck pain isn’t a common symptom of sinus infections, it can happen when the sphenoid sinuses — located deeper in your skull behind the eyes — become infected. A 2019 study found that nearly 84% ...