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This is the report of 9 infants in whom a lateral roentgenogram of the neck exposed in expiration showed an increase in the thickness of the retropharyngeal soft tissues with a small collection of air within these soft tissues simulating a retropharyngeal abscess. Both findings disappeared in inspiration consistent with normal variants.
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Currarino, G., Williams, B. Air collection in the retropharyngeal soft tissues observed in lateral expiratory films of the neck in 9 infants. Pediatr Radiol 23, 186–188 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013828
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02013828