Signs and symptoms may include the following stiff neck (limited neck mobility or torticollis), some form of palpable neck pain (may be in "front of the neck" or around the Adam's Apple), malaise, difficulty swallowing, fever, stridor, drooling, croup-like cough or enlarged cervical lymph nodes. Any combination of these symptoms should arouse suspicion of<unk> .
Retropharyngeal abscess
Pharyngitis
Parapharyngeal abscess
Streptococcal pharyngitis
Laryngeal cyst
Peritonsillar abscess
Epiglottitis
Nasopharyngeal cyst