Successful Control of Head and Neck Abscess with Ultrasound-Guided Central Venous Catheter Insertion : Report of a Case

Abstract

Deep neck infection is an infectious disease that involves in several parts of the neck spaces. It can be accompanied by severe complications such as airway obstruction, deep vein thrombosis and sepsis. Therefore, proper management at initial step is essential for morbidity of patients. Surgical treatment is indispensable in the case of large amount of abscess formation, no response to antibiotic treatment, or poor clinical progression despite of empirical antibiotics therapy. However, a surgical approach can cause not only the injury of carotid artery, jugular vein, cranial nerve, esophagus, salivary gland but also scar formation of skin. We report a case of a 36-year-old female patient successfully treated deep neck infection with ultrasound-guided central venous catheter insertion without scar.