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A 12-year-old male admitted to ENT ward on an emergency basis with history of foreign body in throat. It came out along with induced vomiting, followed by fever, Odynophagia and restricted Neck movements. It is proved as a case of acute retropharyngeal abscess. But it turned out to be the sterile abscess, which is rare and new thing for us. Hence presented herewith-brief review of literature.
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Ghumbre, R.U., Nitnaware, A.Z. A sterile acute retropharyngeal abscess. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 57, 152–154 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907677
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