Predicting Neck Abscess with Contrast-Enhanced Computed Tomography

Table 1

Frequency of comorbidities in abscess versus non-abscess groups.

Comorbidities	Number of patients
	Abscess group ()	Non-abscess group ()
Diabetes mellitus	22	1
Hypertension	14
Hypercholesterolemia	2
Hyperlipidemia	2
End-stage renal disease	2
Ischemic heart disease	2
Thalassemia trait	1
Stroke	2
Morbid obesity	1
Recent chicken pox infection	1
Peptic ulcer disease	2
Asthma		1
Hepatitis B	1
Down’s syndrome	1
Pleomorphic adenoma of parotid		1
Carcinoma of larynx	1
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma		1
Hypothyroidism	1
Old pulmonary tuberculosis	1
Knee osteoarthritis	1
Branchial cyst		1
Nasal polyps		1
Slipped intervertebral disc		1