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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep 4:2018:6051641.
doi: 10.1155/2018/6051641. eCollection 2018.

Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient

R Manmathan  1 , T Kumanan  2 , J A Pradeepan  2
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Acinetobacter Prevertebral Abscess: Presenting as Dysphagia in a Diabetic Patient

R Manmathan et al. Case Rep Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Acinetobacter species frequently causes nosocomial infection, particularly in patients receiving invasive ventilation at intensive care units for a prolonged period. Odynophagia is a rare, initial clinical manifestation of prevertebral abscess which subsequently develops when the abscess extends into the retropharyngeal space causing a midline bulge of the posterior pharyngeal wall. Here, we present and discuss a patient with uncontrolled diabetic mellitus who presented with severe odynophagia and dysphagia. He was diagnosed to have prevertebral abscess caused by a rarely reported bacteria, Acinetobacter baumannii.

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Prevertebral abscess with air extending from the C2–C7 cervical spine (blue arrow).
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