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(a) Side view clinical appearance, and (b, c) neck and soft tissue X-ray demonstrated air bubble appearance at the anterior part of the neck and the trachea has deviated to the left, an indication of right lateral pharyngeal space abscess.
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Due to the rapidly extending swelling, he was hospitalized for 5 days in a private hospital, where a chest X-ray, neck, and soft tissue X-ray (Figure 1) and blood examinations were performed.
(a) Pus needle aspiration, (b) bilateral incision and drainage, (c) Penrose drain placement at submandibular and submental area, (d) Penrose drain placement at sublingual area, (e) postoperative condition:day 1, and (f) postoperative condition:day 5.
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To allow further drainage, a Penrose drain was placed at the submandibular area, submental area, and (posterior) sublingual area (Figure 2).