胸椎カリエスによる咽後膿瘍

A Case of Tuberculous Retropharyngeal Abscess

I．はじめに

　咽後膿瘍は抗生剤の出現，進歩に伴い稀有の疾患となり，さらに抗結核療法の目覚しい進歩と臨床検査技術の確立により結核性咽後膿瘍も激減した。

　今回胸椎カリエスより続発的に発生した結核性咽後膿瘍を経験したので報告する。

　A 55-year-old female of tuberculous retropharyngeal abscess was reported. She complained of dyspnea and pain of the neck for two months. Culture of aspirated material from the abscess was examined and showed mycobacterium tuberculosis. Spinal caries was diagnosed by tomogram, CT, RI scanning. Thoracic spine presented osteolytic lesion and hump-back.