[Rare complications during the treatment of retropharyngeal abscess]. / Rzadko spotykane powiklania w przebiegu leczenia ropnia tylnogardlowego.

In the Province Integrated Hospital in Czestochowa a 2-year-old child was treated for a retropharyngeal abscess on the left side. During the treatment complication developed in the form of haemorrhage caused by damage to a large retropharyngeal artery, and cardiac arrest due to plugging of the glottis and trachea with mucus.