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Oblique computed tomography image showing an infection path through the abscess and the right wall of the cervical esophagus, suggestive of a ruptured abscess releasing pus into the esophagus.
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Using image-reformatting approaches, we discovered a low-density lesion bridging the abscess within the thyroid and the right wall of the cervical esophagus on an oblique computed tomography image (Figure 1), which appeared as the collection of encapsulated inflammatory material within the thyroid had broken open and the pus released then travelled into the esophagus.
Esophagoscopy showing a severe stenosis of the esophagus with a fibrin-covered ulcer at 18 cm from the incisors.
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Esophagoscopy detected acute inflammation and a fibrin-covered ulcer located on the right wall at 18 cm from the incisors (Figure 2).