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Case Reports
. 2017 Oct;30(4):461-462.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2017.11930230.

Submandibular neck mass in a newborn

Hunter Skoog  1 , David W Clark  1
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Case Reports

Submandibular neck mass in a newborn

Hunter Skoog et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2017 Oct.

Abstract

A deep neck abscess is uncommon in the newborn period. In this case, we noted a clindamycin-sensitive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection characterized as a deep neck abscess in an 8-day-old boy. He was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with a progressively enlarging indurated mass below the mandible. Imaging confirmed the mass as a submandibular abscess. The patient received antibiotics in addition to incision and drainage, with resolution of the abscess.

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(a) Axial, (b) sagittal, and (c) coronal postcontrast spiral computed tomography of the neck and submandibular area demonstrating a 1.3 × 1.3 × 1.8 cm multiloculated rim-enhancing fluid collection inferior to the angle of the left mandible.
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