Journal of Research in Medical Sciences1735-199514320090513An old man with a mass in the retropharyngeal space197199ENMohammadHashemi-ShahriRoyaAlavi-NainiTaghiNaserpourBatoolSharifi-MoodResearch Center for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan. batoolsharifi@yahoo.comFarshidFayyaz-Jahani200804172008123120081215In this article, we discuss clinical manifestations, laboratory results, and radiological findings in an old man with suppurative tender mass in the neck, accompanied by, fever, weight loss, malaise, fatigue, night sweat, cough, vomiting, anddysphagia. Pharyngeal exam revealed a huge retropharyngeal abscess.