Research Article
Infants Are More Likely Than Older Children to Have Surgery for Cervical Infections
Table 5
Findings for computed tomography (CT) scan. 43 patients had multiple findings.
| | CT Results (N = 195) | Frequency | | Age < 1 yr | Age 1-3 yrs | Age 4-7 yrs | Age 8 -18 yrs |
| | Hypodense collection | 95 | 48.7 | 42.5 | 51.9 | 48.8 | 48.6 |
| | Rim enhancing lesion | 51 | 26.2 | 30.0 | 22.8 | 41.5 | 11.4 |
| | Lymphadenopathy/cervical adenitis | 24 | 12.3 | 15 | 8.9 | 7.3 | 14.3 |
| | Loculated lesion | 27 | 13.8 | 2.5 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 2.9 |
| | Sinusitis | 4 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0 |
| | Jugular thrombus | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 |
| | Parotitis | 2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 0 | 2.4 | 0 |
| | Mastoiditis | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 |
| | Mediastinitis | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 |
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