A child presenting with high fever and hoarseness of voice is found to have retropharyngeal abscess. All of the following statements are true about acute retropharyngeal abscess, EXCEPT:
Clinical features of retropharyngeal abscess: Usually occurs in infants and young children, typically aged between 2 and 6 years. Infection of the upper respiratory tract leads to pyogenic adenitis of the retropharyngeal lymph nodes. The resulting abscess is limited to one side of the midline by a median raphe and anterior to the preveebral fascia. A sore throat with dysphagia or odynophagia (including for saliva) will be present along with high pyrexia. Palpation of the posterior pharyngeal wall may confirm the diagnosis of a retropharyngeal abscess.
It is usually restricted to one side of the midline
Infection is posterior to the preveebral fascia
Causes difficulty in deglutition and respiration
Can be easily palpated by placing a finger tip on the posterior pharyngeal wall