A Rare Case of Iatrogenic Deep Neck Infection Secondary to Hypopharyngeal Injury Caused by the Transesophageal Echocardiography.Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is considered relatively safe but semi-invasive. 
Transesophageal echocardiography
A Rare Case of Iatrogenic Deep Neck Infection Secondary to Hypopharyngeal Injury Caused by the Transesophageal Echocardiography.Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is considered relatively safe but semi-invasive.  The hypopharyngeal and esophageal injury is infrequent complication of TEE but could be serious, even life-threatening.  We present a case of a 74-year-old man who experienced a deep neck infection secondary to hypopharyngeal injury following TEE.  The diagnosis was made because of the subcutaneous emphysema developed 3 hours after TEE.  For cardiologists performing TEE, it is required to know complications and their risk factors to minimize hypopharyngeal and esophageal injury.
TEE
A Rare Case of Iatrogenic Deep Neck Infection Secondary to Hypopharyngeal Injury Caused by the Transesophageal Echocardiography.Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is considered relatively safe but semi-invasive.  The hypopharyngeal and esophageal injury is infrequent complication of TEE but could be serious, even life-threatening.  We present a case of a 74-year-old man who experienced a deep neck infection secondary to hypopharyngeal injury following TEE.  The diagnosis was made because of the subcutaneous emphysema developed 3 hours after TEE.  For cardiologists performing TEE, it is required to know complications and their risk factors to minimize hypopharyngeal and esophageal injury.
TEE
A Rare Case of Iatrogenic Deep Neck Infection Secondary to Hypopharyngeal Injury Caused by the Transesophageal Echocardiography.Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is considered relatively safe but semi-invasive.  The hypopharyngeal and esophageal injury is infrequent complication of TEE but could be serious, even life-threatening.  We present a case of a 74-year-old man who experienced a deep neck infection secondary to hypopharyngeal injury following TEE.  The diagnosis was made because of the subcutaneous emphysema developed 3 hours after TEE.  For cardiologists performing TEE, it is required to know complications and their risk factors to minimize hypopharyngeal and esophageal injury.
TEE