A 55-year-old man without a significant past medical history presented to an emergency department with the symptoms of right neck pain for 2 weeks and high-grade fever up to 38 °C for 10 days, followed by acute onset of dyspnea on exertion. On admission, computed tomography (CT) scan with contrast revealed a 4cm-diameter of retropharyngeal abscess (Fig. 1A), right internal jugular vein thrombos...
