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==Overview== | |||
The '''danger space''' is a region of the neck.<ref name="pmid19653038">{{cite journal |author=Reynolds SC, Chow AW |title=Severe soft tissue infections of the head and neck: a primer for critical care physicians |journal=[[Lung]] |volume=187 |issue=5 |pages=271–9 |year=2009 |pmid=19653038 |doi=10.1007/s00408-009-9153-7 |url=}}</ref> | |||
It | ==Anatomy== | ||
It is bounded superiorly by the [[skull base]], anteriorly by the [[alar fascia]] and posteriorly by the [[prevertebral fascia]]. It comes to an end at the level of the diaphragm. | |||
The [[retropharyngeal space]] is found anterior to the danger zone, between the buccopharnygeal fascia and alar fascia. There exists a midline raphe in this space so some infections of this space appear unilateral. | |||
==History== | |||
It was first characterized in 1938.<ref name="titleMinimally invasive transoral catheter-assisted drainage of a danger-space infection | Ear, Nose & Throat Journal | Find Articles at BNET.com">{{cite news |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BUM/is_12_84/ai_n16133632/pg_2 |title=Minimally invasive transoral catheter-assisted drainage of a danger-space infection |accessdate=2008-02-18 |format= |work=Ear, Nose & Throat Journal | first=Robert T. | last=Adelson | year=2005}}</ref><ref>Grodinsky M, Holyoke EA. The fasciae and fascial spaces of the head, neck and adjacent regions. Am J Anat 1938;63:367-408.</ref> | |||
==Clinical significance== | |||
It gets its common name from the risk that an [[infection]] in this space can spread directly to the [[thorax]], it is sometimes also referred to as the Alar space. It is a median space without a midline raphe and hence infection can spread easily to either side. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[ | * [[Retrovisceral space]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist|2}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The danger space is a region of the neck.[1]
Anatomy
It is bounded superiorly by the skull base, anteriorly by the alar fascia and posteriorly by the prevertebral fascia. It comes to an end at the level of the diaphragm.
The retropharyngeal space is found anterior to the danger zone, between the buccopharnygeal fascia and alar fascia. There exists a midline raphe in this space so some infections of this space appear unilateral.
History
It was first characterized in 1938.[2][3]
Clinical significance
It gets its common name from the risk that an infection in this space can spread directly to the thorax, it is sometimes also referred to as the Alar space. It is a median space without a midline raphe and hence infection can spread easily to either side.
See also
References
- ↑ Reynolds SC, Chow AW (2009). "Severe soft tissue infections of the head and neck: a primer for critical care physicians". Lung. 187 (5): 271–9. doi:10.1007/s00408-009-9153-7. PMID 19653038.
- ↑ Adelson, Robert T. (2005). "Minimally invasive transoral catheter-assisted drainage of a danger-space infection". Ear, Nose & Throat Journal. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
- ↑ Grodinsky M, Holyoke EA. The fasciae and fascial spaces of the head, neck and adjacent regions. Am J Anat 1938;63:367-408.