A 26-year-old woman presents with a severe Sore Throat, fever, and leukocytosis. Explore this critical deep neck space infection and its urgent management.
A 26-year-old woman with recurrent tonsillitis presents with progressive sore throat and pain with swallowing. She was febrile and had a white-cell count of 19,450 cells per cubic millimeter. CT scan of the neck is shown. What is the diagnosis?
What is the most likely diagnosis?
Deep neck space infection, Fusobacterium necrophorum, Odynophagia, Retropharyngeal abscess, Surgical drainage
