Midline sagittal computed tomography section of cervical area shows short thick neck, retropharyngeal abscess (arrow A) and endotracheal tube whose cuff was placed the level of 7th and 8th cervical spines (arrow B). It also shows that the trachea (the straight black arrow) follows the similar course of the cervical and thoracic spine (the straight black arrow) and not the direction of the skin contour (the straight white arrows).