Retropharyngeal Space
Der retropharyngealabszess ist eine eiteransammlung im spatium retropharyngeum retropharyngealraum.
Retropharyngeal space. The parapharyngeal space is shaped like an inverted pyramid. It contains the retropharyngeal lymph nodes. An actual or potential cavity of the body. Das spatium retropharyngeum liegt dem tiefen blatt der halsfaszie auf.
Er gehoert zu den halsverschieberaeumen. Most rpsis in children are secondary to uri whereas trauma or foreign bodies cause most rpsis in adults. The retropharyngeal space is a midline deep compartment of the head and neck that consists largely of fatty areolar tissue and lymph nodes that drain the pharynx nose and middle ear. Prompt and accurate imaging can help to avoid potentially severe neurologic.
Because serious infections of teeth can spread down this space into the posterior mediastinum it is often confused with the danger spacethe danger space is actually between the alar fascia and the. Von einem retropharyngealabszess sind vor allem kinder im ersten und zweiten lebensjahr betroffen. The retropharyngeal space also known as the true retropharyngeal space to distinguish it from the danger space which is sometimes referred to as part of the retropharyngeal space is one of the seven deep compartments of the head and neckit is a midline space that consists largely of fatty areolar tissue and contains lymph nodes that drain the pharynx nose and middle. Retropharyngeal and prevertebral space inflammatory conditions anthony a.
Rpsi may also occur directly after a traumatic perforation of the posterior pharyngeal wall or oesophagus or indirectly from the parapharyngeal space. Mancuso key points magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography provide the critical and usually definitive data needed in the diagnosis and management of retropharyngeal and prevertebral space inflammatory and infectious diseases. The areas of the universe beyond the earth and its atmosphere. This video is about the retropharyngeal space its boundaries contents applied anatomy in detail.
Durch infektionen der nasennebenhoehlen der nase oder der. Retropharyngeal space infection rpsi may follow infection in the nasopharynx oropharynx sinonasal region and rarely mastoiditis. Terminology the inferior extent of the retropharyngeal spac. Das spatium retropharyngeum ist ein schmaler anatomischer spaltraum der hinter dem rachen liegt.
So called because it provides a. Spas 1. Lateral and inferior to the parapharyngeal space is the carotid sheath containing the internal carotid artery and cranial nerves ix x and xibehind both the parapharyngeal space and carotid space lies the retropharyngeal space and deep to this a potential space known as the danger space. The retropharyngeal space is a potential space of the head and neck bounded by the buccopharyngeal fascia anteriorly and the alar fascia posteriorly.