Axial view of CT scan on hospital day 5Axial view of CT scan on hospital day 5 showed multiple fluid collections (white arrow) extending from the right submandibular space into the right carotid space, right prevertebral space, and the right retropharyngeal space. In addition, the chest CT showed communication of the right neck collections crossing midline and below the thyroid into the retropharyngeal space and inferiorly into the anterior and middle mediastinum compartments. 