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Case Reports in Otolaryngology
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 489638, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/489638
Case Report

Necrotizing Craniocervical Soft Tissue Infections: Clinical Experience and Personal Considerations

Stefania Gallo,1 Apostolos Karligkiotis,1 Riccardo Lenzi,2 Paolo Castelnuovo,1 and Iacopo Dallan2

1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Insubria, Varese, Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Via Guicciardini 9, 21100 Varese, Italy
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Via Paradisa 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy

Received 12 October 2012; Accepted 1 November 2012

Academic Editors: E. Mevio and M. B. Naguib

Copyright © 2012 Stefania Gallo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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