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MeSH Heading: Retropharyngeal Abscess
Tree Number(s): C01.748.561.625; C01.830.025.780; C07.550.781.625; C08.730.561.625; C09.775.649.625
Unique ID: D017703
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017703
Annotation: coordinate IM with infection term (IM) but not BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (since most abscesses are bacterial)
Scope Note: An accumulation of purulent material in the space between the PHARYNX and the CERVICAL VERTEBRAE. This usually results from SUPPURATION of retropharyngeal LYMPH NODES in patients with UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, perforation of the pharynx, or head and neck injuries.
Entry Term(s): Abscess, Retropharyngeal
Previous Indexing: Abscess (1977-1992); Pharyngeal Diseases (1977-1992); Pharyngitis (1979-1990); Pharynx (1984-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 94
History Note: 94
Date Introduced: 1994/01/01
Last Updated: 2019/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Retropharyngeal Abscess MeSH Descriptor Data 2026