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Title: Patient History


1
Patient History
  • CC Neck mass
  • HPI 5 yo boy with 3 day history of sore throat,
    fever, with 1 day h/o neck swelling, refusing to
    move neck, c/o neck pain. No change with
    amoxicillin x2 days.
  • No drooling, no voice change, refusing food
    x1day, no trismus, no noisy breathingBrothers
    and pt had recent upper resp infection, Neg for
    sinus infection, OM, other HN infection, cat
    exposure, recent travel, TB contact, CA RFs,
    trauma, known immunodeficiency (HIV, steroid use)
  • PMH/PSH/ALL/Fam hxneg Meds amoxicillin 2days

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Patient Exam
  • Gen Alert, appropriate, anxious but in NAD, no
    stridor, no stertor, no drooling, normal voice,
    neck held rigid position slightly to right
  • Ears/Nose clear bilat, no pus
  • OC/OP no trismus, teeth WNL, 2 tonsils, no
    asymmetry of soft palate or bulging of posterior
    pharyngeal walls visible, soft throughout, tongue
    motion normal
  • Neck 8 x 4cm R upper neck diffusely swollen area
    parallel to body of mandible, mildly
    erythematous, very TTP, firm, warm to touch

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Differential Diagnosis
  • V-venous malformation
  • I-Cat scratch disease, TB, atypical mycobacteria,
    viral/bacterial LAD, mono, sebaceous cyst, deep
    space abscess, mastoiditis with Bezolds abscess,
    sialadenitis
  • T-Hematoma, esophageal perforation, fibromatosis
    colli
  • A-granulomatous diseases
  • M-parathyroid cyst, thymic cyst, aberrant thyroid
    tissue/hyperplasia
  • I-Kawasaki disease
  • N-Met, lymphoma, tumors of thyroid, salivary
    gland, vascular (carotid body, glomus,
    hemangioma), neural lipoma
  • C-branchial cleft cyst, cystic hygroma,
    thyroglossal duct cyst, teratoma, dermoid cyst,
    external laryngocele, plunging ranula

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Imaging
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Deep Neck Space Infections
  • Alice Lee
  • April 28, 2005

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Background
  • Before antibiotics, 70 deep neck infections were
    caused by tonsillar and pharyngeal sources. More
    recently,
  • Most common cause in adults
  • odontogenic, IVDA
  • Most common cause in peds
  • tonsillar, URI
  • Others salivary gland, trauma, FB,
    instrumentation, local or superficial source
  • 22 without cause (1)
  • 1. Tom MB, Rice DH Presentation and management
    of neck abscesses a retrospective analysis,
    Laryngoscope 98877, 1988

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Anatomy of Cervical Fascia
  • Superficial cervical fascia
  • Deep cervical fascia Superficial layer
    Middle layer Muscular division
    Visceral division Deep layer
    Prevertebral division Alar division

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Anatomy of Cervical Fascia Superficial cervical
fascia
  • Continuous sheath of fibrofatty subcutaneous
    tissue
  • Attachments zygomatic process to thorax and
    axilla
  • Contents platysma, muscles of facial expression
  • Not considered a part of the deep neck local ID
    and antibiotics
  • Between superficial and deep layers Fat, sensory
    nerves, EJ, AJ, superficial lymphatics

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Anatomy of Cervical Fascia Superficial layer of
the deep cervical fascia
  • Enveloping or investing later
  • Insertion at nuchal line of the skull ? chest and
    axillary regions spreads anteriorly to the face
    and attaches at clavicles
  • Envelopes SCM, trapezius, portion of omohyoid in
    posterior triangle, parotid and submandibular
    glands

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Anatomy of Cervical Fascia Middle layer of the
deep cervical fascia
  • Muscular divisionSurrounds straps. Attaches
    superiorly to hyoid and thyroid cartilage and
    inferiorly to sternum, clavicle and scapula
  • Visceral divisionSurrounds thyroid, trachea,
    esophagus. Superior attached to base of skull,
    thyroid cartilage and hyoid? covers trachea and
    esophagus and blends with fibrous pericardium
  • Bonus What does a portion of the visceral
    division form? (Covers the constrictor and
    buccinator muscles)

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Anatomy of Cervical Fascia Deep layer of the
deep cervical fascia
  • Contents Paraspinous muscles and cervical
    vertebrae
  • Prevertebral and alar divisions
  • Prevertebral Begins anterior to the vertebral
    bodies, spreads laterally to fuse with transverse
    processes, extends posteriorly to enclose deep
    muscles of neck and attaches to vertebral spines.
    Forms the posterior wall of the danger space
    and anterior wall of prevertebral space

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Anatomy of Cervical Fascia Deep layer of the
deep cervical fascia
  • Alar divisionLies between the prevertebral
    division and the middle layer of the deep
    cervical fascia
  • Attaches from transverse process to contralateral
    transverse process, skull base to T2, fuses with
    visceral division of middle layer of deep
    cervical fascia.
  • Carotid sheath made up of all 3 deep layers

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Cervical fascial planes
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Lymph
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Deep Neck Spaces
  • Suprahyoid spaces1. Pharyngomaxillary/
    Lateral pharyngeal 2. Submandibular3.
    Parotid4. Masticator5. Peritonsillar6. Buccal
  • Infrahyoid spaces1. Anterior visceral
  • Spaces involving entire length of neck1.
    Retropharyngeal2. Danger 3. Prevertebral4.
    Visceral vascular

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Retropharyngeal space
  • Potential space posterior to visceral division of
    middle layer of deep cervical fascia and anterior
    to alar division of deep layer of deep cervical
    fascia
  • Skull base to T1/2/tracheal bifurcation in close
    approximation to mediastinum
  • Midline raphe-superior constrictor muscles
    adheres to prevertebral division separates
    retropharyngeal nodes into two lateral chains.
  • Contents fat, CT, LNs which drain nose, NP, soft
    palate, ET, paranasal sinuses

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Retropharyngeal space
  • Most commonly seen in peds due to drainage source
  • Peds preceding URI, fever, dysphagia,
    odynophagia, nuchal rigidity, asymmetric bulging
    of post pharyngeal wall due to midline raphe
  • Adults pain, dysphagia, cervical motion
    limitation, noisy breathing
  • Can extend to mediastinum, danger space,
    parapharyngeal space

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Retropharyngeal space
  • Lateral soft tissue XR (extension, inspiration)
    abnormal findings
  • 1. C2-post pharyngeal soft tissue gt7mm
  • 2. C6adults gt22mm, peds gt14mm
  • 3. STS of post pharyngeal region gt50 width of
    vertebral body

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Danger Space
  • Potential space between the alar and prevertebral
    divisions of the deep layer of the deep cervical
    fascia
  • Posterior to the retropharyngeal space and
    anterior to the prevertebral space
  • Why is it given this name?
  • Extends from skull base to posterior mediastinum
    to diaphragm

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Danger Space
  • Caused by infectious spread from retropharyngeal,
    prevertebral and parapharyngeal spaces or less
    commonly, by lymphatic extension from the nose
    and throat
  • Watch for severe dyspnea, chest pain, widened
    mediastinum on CXR ? may need thoracotomy for
    drainage

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Prevertebral space
  • Potential space posterior to prevertebral
    division and anterior to vertebral bodies
  • Extends from skull base to the coccyx
  • Most common cause iatrogenic/penetrating trauma
  • Previous most common cause TB

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Visceral vascular space
  • Potential space within the carotid sheath
  • Lymphatic vessels within receive drainage from
    most of the lymphatic vessels in the head and
    neck
  • Most common source of infection is parapharyngeal
    space
  • Why is this called the Lincoln Highway of the
    neck?

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Spaces involving entire length of neck
  • Visceral layer-mid
  • RETROPHARYNGEAL SPACE (T2)
  • Alar division-deep
  • DANGER SPACE (diaphragm)
  • Prevertebral division
  • PREVERTEBRAL SPACE (coccyx)
  • Vertebrae

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Deep Neck Spaces
  • Suprahyoid spaces1. Pharyngomaxillary/
    Lateral pharyngeal 2. Submandibular3.
    Parotid4. Masticator5. Peritonsillar6. Buccal
  • Infrahyoid spaces1. Anterior visceral
  • Spaces involving entire length of neck1.
    Retropharyngeal2. Danger 3. Prevertebral4.
    Visceral vascular

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Pharyngomaxillary/Parapharyngeal/ Lateral
pharyngeal space
  • Cone in lateral aspect of neck
  • Apex hyoid bone
  • Base petrous temporal bone
  • Lateral superficial layer of deep cervical
    fascia over the mandible, parotid, internal
    pterygoid
  • Medial lateral pharyngeal wall
  • Ant/post pterygomandibular raphe/ prevertebral
    fascia

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Pharyngomaxillary/Parapharyngeal/ Lateral
pharyngeal space
  • Divided into anterior and posterior compartments
    by styloid bones and muscles
  • Prestyloid/Muscular compartment-Tonsillar fossa
    medially, internal pterygoid laterally-Fat,
    lymph nodes, parotid masses-Displacement of lat
    pharyngeal wall, early trismus-Most common mass
    pleomorphic adenoma
  • Post-styloid/Neurovascular compartment
  • -Carotid, IJV, cervical sympathetic chain, CN
    IX-XII -Most common mass - schwannoma

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Pharyngomaxillary/Parapharyngeal/ Lateral
pharyngeal space
  • Connects to the majority of other fascial spaces
  • Sources parotid, masticator, submandibular,
    peritonsillar, tonsils/pharynx, odontogenic, LN
    from nose and throat, mastoiditis (Bezold abscess)

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Pharyngomaxillary/Parapharyngeal/ Lateral
pharyngeal space
  • Never approach intraorally
  • Traditionally Mosher incision
  • Horizontal neck incision ? follow carotid sheath
    into space ? finger dissect below submandibular
    gland, along posterior belly of digastric deep to
    mastoid tip toward styloid

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Submandibular space
  • Composed of sublingual space superiorly and
    submaxillary space inferiorly, divided by
    mylohyoid
  • Boundaries FOM mucosa above, superficial layer
    of deep fascia below, mandible ant/lat, hyoid
    inferiorly, BOT muscles posteriorly
  • Sublingual space gland, Wharton, CN XII
  • Submaxillary gland, facial artery, lingual
    nerve communicates with sublingual space around
    posterior border of mylohyoid through
    submandibular gland
  • Ludwigs angina bilateral cellulitis of
    submandibular and sublingual spaces
  • Inspect 2nd and 3rd molars apices extend below
    mylohyoid line providing direct access to
    submandibular space

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Parotid space
  • Formed by the splitting and surrounding of
    superficial layer of deep cervical fascia
    incomplete at upper inner surface of gland
    direct communication with lateral pharyngeal
    space (dumbbell shaped masses secondary to
    stylomandibular ligament)
  • Contents parotid gland, external carotid,
    posterior facial vein, facial nerve, lymph nodes

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Masticator space
  • Superficial layer of deep cervical fascia splits
    around mandible to form this space and encases
    muscles of mastication
  • 4 compartments Masseteric, Pterygoid,
    Superficial Temporal, Deep Temporal
  • Contents masseter, pterygoid muscles, temporalis
    tendon, inferior alveolar nerves and vessels,
    body and ramus of mandible, internal maxillary
    artery
  • Most common source 3rd molar
  • Complication osteomyelitis of mandible

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Peritonsillar
  • Boundaries anterior and posterior pillars,
    palatine tonsil, superior constrictor muscle
  • Indications for Quincy tonsillectomy? No clear
    cut indications. Treatment is still
    controversial. Needle aspiration, ID, quincy
    tonsillectomy all equally effective initial
    management with 10-15 recurrrence rate. (1)
  • Again, 10-15 recurrence after needle aspiration
    and/or ID greatest risk in patients lt40 with
    history of recurrent tonsillitis (2)
  • 1. Johnson RF, Stewart MG, Wright CC. An
    evidence-based review of the treatment of
    peritonsillar abscess. Otolaryngol Head Neck
    Surg. 2003 Mar128(3)332-43.
  • 2. Herzon FS. Peritonsillar abscess
    incidence, current management practices, and a
    proposal for treatment guidelines. Laryngoscope
    1995105 suppl 741-7.

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Buccal space
  • Boundaries Buccinator muscle, cheek, zygomatic
    arch, pterygomandibular raphe, inferior mandible
  • Odontogenic source with buccal swelling and
    preseptal cellulitis possible
  • Complication cavernous sinus thrombosis

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Deep Neck Spaces
  • Suprahyoid spaces1. Pharyngomaxillary/
    Lateral pharyngeal 2. Submandibular3.
    Parotid4. Masticator5. Peritonsillar6. Buccal
  • Infrahyoid spaces1. Anterior visceral
  • Spaces involving entire length of neck1.
    Retropharyngeal2. Danger 3. Prevertebral4.
    Visceral vascular

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Anterior visceral space
  • Pretracheal space from thyroid cartilage to T4
    level, enclosed by visceral division of middle
    layer, just deep to straps, surrounds trachea
  • Source esophageal anterior wall perforation,
    external trauma
  • Symptoms mainly dysphagia, later hoarseness,
    dyspnea, airway obstruction
  • Complication mediastinitis, airway

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Network of infectious extension
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Pathogens
  • Likely dependent on portal of entry and space
    involved
  • Aerobic Strep-predom viridans and B-hemolytic
    streptococci, staph, diphtheroid, Neisseria,
    Klebsiella, Haemophilus
  • Anaerobic Bacteroides, Peptostreptococcus,
    Eikenella (often clinda resistant),
    FUsobacterium, B fragilis

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Antibiotics
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Necrotizing fasciitis
  • Fulminent infection, polymicrobial, usually
    odontogenic source, more frequently in
    immunocompromised and postoperative
  • PEX ill, high fever, neck crepitus, exquisitely
    tender, unimpressive erythema s sharp demarcating
    border ? progress to pale then dusky as necrosis
    progresses ? can have bullae/blisters/sloughing
    lt48hrs
  • Empiric abx (3rd gen ceph clinda/flagyl), early
    surgery, dishwater drainage, leave open, daily
    debridement, trach, ICU monitoring for resp
    failure, mediastinitis (higher mortality 64 vs
    15), DIC, delirium, HBO

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Diagnosis
  • Pain, trismus, limitation neck motion, swelling,
    sustained fever, leukocytosis with left shift,
    lateral neck XR/CT
  • Prevertebral or retropharyngeal hot potato
    voice, difficult noisy breathing,
    dys/odynophagia, drooling, neck posturing
  • Parapharyngeal medial displacement of lateral
    pharyngeal wall, fullness of retromandibular
    area. Prestyloid trismus, tonsil swelling.
    Poststyloid-dysphagia

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Management
  • Hospitalization for airway management, aggressive
    antibiotics, hydration, ID
  • If no evidence of airway compromise, abx 24 hrs.
    10-15 improve with medical mgmt.
  • Surgery indicated for airway compromise, no
    significant response to abx in 24-48 hours,
    evidence of sepsis
  • Transoral peritonsillar, uncomplicated RP and
    prevertebral abscesses with mass in oropharynx,
    uncomplicated sublingual (not for submax
    extension)

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Management
  • Surgical principles wide exposure, use readily
    identifiable landmarks (digastric, hyoid, SCM,
    cricoid, greater horn of thyroid), blunt
    dissection, identify carotid sheath early,
    cultures/biopsy, debridement, irrigation, leave
    wound open and pack for extensive necrosis, can
    close less necrotic wound and use drain

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Complications
  • 40 yr old pt is admitted for parapharyngeal
    infection. Started on abx, IVF, observation.
    Afebrile within 24 hours with improved dysphagia.
    HD 2 spikes to 104, defervesces, respikes.
    Whats happening?
  • Thrombophlebitis of IJV

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Complications signs and symptoms
  • Mediastinitis chest pain, worsened dyspnea,
    dysphagia, widened mediastinum on CXR
  • Horners, hoarseness, unilateral tongue paresis,
    plethora of face, choked optic disks, Tobey Ayer,
    erosion of carotid (critical, pharyngeal bleeding
    episode, neck hematoma, rare EAC blood

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Treatment of complications
  • Mediastinitis most commonly via retropharyngeal
    space gt visceral or PP
  • Abdominal abscess prevertebral space
  • IJV septic thrombophlebitis IVDA, ligate and
    remove thrombosed vein at ID
  • Neuropathy Horners, hoarseness, unilateral
    tongue paresis
  • Erosion of carotid artery rare, emergency, clot
    found in neck at ID, proximal and distal
    control, intraop angio if possible (75 CCA or
    ICA)

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References
  • Baileys
  • Cummings
  • SIPAC Diagnosis and management of deep neck
    infections
  • Hollinshead Anatomy for Surgeons Head and Neck
  • Head and Neck Imaging Shankar
  • Tom MB, Rice DH. Presentation and management of
    neck abscesses a retrospective analysis.
    Laryngoscope 198898877.
  • Johnson RF, Stewart MG, Wright CC. An
    evidence-based review of the treatment of
    peritonsillar abscess. Otolaryngol Head Neck
    Surg. 2003 Mar128(3)332-43.
  • Herzon FS. Peritonsillar abscess incidence,
    current management practices, and a proposal for
    treatment guidelines. Laryngoscope 1995105
    suppl 741-7.
  • Tan PT, et al. Deep neck infections in children.
    J Microbiol Immunol Infect 200134287-292.
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