CT - Soft tissue neck
Axial C+ arterial phase
Coronal C+ arterial phase
Sagittal C+ arterial phase
CT neck shows a retropharyngeal rim enhancing collection extending from oropharynx to the level of glottis with no infraglottic extent. There is extensive inflammatory flat stranding involving bilateral carotid spaces as well as left anterior and posterior triangles of neck up to supraclavicular region.
There is multiple enlarged left sided cervical chain lymph nodes. The right internal jugular vein is effaced mostly at level C1/2.