A completely thrombosed mycotic aneurysm of the internal carotid artery in a seven-year-old boy masqueraded as a parapharyngeal abscess until multimodal imaging revealed the true and far more ...

Brain abscesses located deep within the brain can rapidly become life-threatening and are often difficult to treat through conventional surgery. In a single-patient case report, researchers describe ...

A 2026 case report describes a 9-year-old boy who improved clinically after antibiotics for a multispace thyroid abscess, ...

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 ...

An abscess is an accumulation of pus, usually caused by a bacterial infection. A bacterial infection may lead to an abscess in several ways. For example, using a contaminated needle can introduce ...

This is a 4 year old boy who presents to the hospital with a chief complaint of a painful lump in his neck. He has been complaining of progressively worse pain in his ear for the past few days, but ...

A peritonsillar abscess is a bacterial infection that usually begins as a complication of untreated strep throat or tonsillitis. A pus-filled pocket forms near one of your tonsils. It can cause pain ...