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Cervical abscess. (A) Immediate post-operative lateral radiograph of a 63-year-old male who underwent ACDF of C4–C6, demonstrating no significant PSTS; (B) axial view of a CT with IV contrast of the same patient on post-operative day 7 demonstrating a peripherally enhancing prevertebral fluid collection found to be an abscess; (C) sagittal view shows the abscess anteriorly displacing and mildly narrowing the airway. ACDF, anterior cervical discectomy and fusion; IV, intravenous.
