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According to a study conducted in the USA, the incidence of retropharyngeal abscess increased between 2003-2012 from 2.98 to 4.10/100,000 patients under 20 years of age, and that of peritonsillar abscess was 9.4/100,000 patients of the same age in 2009 with a peak registered in adolescents aged 13.6 years. In the study the first cause was fund to be peritonsillar infection with a number of 27 patients (25.23%), odontogenic infection being found in 23.36% of patients, quite close in ratios, a result similar . . .
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