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Cervical necrotising fasciitis with pharyngeal perforation: treatment and reconstruction
N W Yii1, S J Quinn, L C Andersson
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|June 1, 1996
Abstract:
We present a case of life-threatening necrotising fasciitis of the neck with acute pharyngeal perforation following a parapharyngeal abscess caused by tonsillitis. The joint occurrence of cervical necrotising fasciitis and acute pharyngeal perforation has not been previously reported. A new way of reconstructing the pharyngeal defect using an islanded submental perforator flap is presented.