Herpangina
Herpangina Sarah S. Long Herpangina is a common, specific, acute febrile viral illness that usually occurs in epidemic form in young children in the summer and fall in temperate climates….
Cervical Lymphadenitis
Cervical Lymphadenitis C. Mary Healy Carol J. Baker Cervical adenitis is inflammation of one or more lymph nodes of the neck. In children, the most common causes of cervical lymph…
Life-Threatening Upper Airway Obstruction
Life-Threatening Upper Airway Obstruction Fernando Stein Jorge M. Karam Children with unstable airways deserve the utmost attention because most cardiac arrests in children are the result of respiratory failure, frequently…
Mastoiditis
Mastoiditis Mark W. Kline Inflammation of the mucoperiosteal lining of the mastoid air cells usually accompanies otitis media. Clinically evident suppurative infection, or mastoiditis, develops when inflammation causes progressive swelling…
Otitis Media
Otitis Media Heidi Schwarzwald Mark W. Kline Otitis media is a general term denoting inflammation of the middle ear. Acute otitis media refers to suppurative middle-ear infection of relatively sudden…
Otitis Externa
Otitis Externa Mark W. Kline Under normal circumstances, the external auditory canal is protected from infection by a physical barrier of squamous epithelium and a chemical barrier provided by the…
Orofacial Infections
Orofacial Infections Thomas R. Flynn Joseph F. Piecuch Richard G. Topazian Most infections of the oral cavity and face in children are odontogenic in origin and often are responsive to…
Deep Neck Abscesses
Deep Neck Abscesses Nira A. Goldstein Margaret R. Hammerschlag A deep neck abscess is a collection of pus in a potential space bounded by fascia. These potential spaces are areas…
