CA0K.0 Retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscess
International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01
A retropharyngeal abscess is an abscess located in the tissues in the back of the throat behind the posterior pharyngeal wall (the retropharyngeal space). A parapharyngeal abscess is an abscess developing in the potential space in the head and the neck.
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synonyms
- Retropharyngeal or parapharyngeal abscess
- Certain specified abscess of pharynx
- abscess of pharynx
- pharyngeal abscess
- throat abscess
- Abscess of nasopharynx
- Nasopharyngeal abscess
- Cellulitis of pharynx
- pharyngeal cellulitis
- Cellulitis of nasopharynx
- Fauces abscess
- Thornwaldt abscess
- Thornwaldt bursitis
- Thornwaldt disease
- Pharyngeal bursa abscess
- Pharyngeal bursitis
- Abscess of lateral pharyngeal space
- lateral pharyngeal abscess
- Abscess of parapharyngeal space
- parapharyngeal abscess
- Peripharyngeal abscess
- Postpharyngeal abscess
- Retropharyngeal abscess
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