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Case 15. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever and a Painful Enlarging Erythematous Left Neck Mass: Pyriform Sinus Fistula with Infection

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  1. Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Kuan-Ta Ho

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan

    Kuan-Ta Ho

  3. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

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  1. Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

    Yhu-Chering Huang

  2. Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children’s Hospital, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ping-Ing Lee

  3. Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung City, Taiwan

    Po-Yen Chen

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Ho, KT., Huang, YC. (2023). Case 15. A 5-Year-Old Boy with Fever and a Painful Enlarging Erythematous Left Neck Mass: Pyriform Sinus Fistula with Infection. In: Huang, YC., Lee, PI., Chen, PY. (eds) Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7276-8_15

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