Journal:
:acta medica iranica
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behdad gharib department of pediatric intensive care, children’s medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
masoud mohammadpour department of pediatric intensive care, children’s medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
meisam sharifzadeh department of pediatric intensive care, children’s medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
fatemeh mirashrafi department of pediatrics, children’s medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
bahareh yaghmaie department of pediatric intensive care, children’s medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
neda pak department of pediatrics, children’s medical center, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
parapharyngeal abscess is a life-threatening disease. upper respiratory tract infection is the main cause in children. we present a 15-month-old boy admitted to the emergency ward with the chief complaint of difficulty in breathing caused by parapharyngealabscess. his condition deteriorated gradually, and he transferred to the operation theater quickly for abscess drainage and because of the di...