#CBCLIPS Episode 47: A 9-year-old boy with right neck infection

#CBCLIPS Creator and Editor: Sherif Emil, M.D., C.M.; The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada. Dr. Emil is a Senior Editor of The Hendren Project and Editor-in-Chief of the Abdominal Wall Defects Section.


1. Case Presentation

  • A healthy 9-year-old boy presents with a 5-day history of increasing right neck swelling and pain unresponsive to oral antibiotics. 
  • He is febrile with a very tender erythematous right neck fullness. 
  • Ultrasound shows a complex mass in close proximity to the right thyroid lobe.

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2. Case Commentary

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