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Case Reports
. 2008 Jan;56(1):25-7.
doi: 10.1007/s11748-007-0182-y. Epub 2008 Jan 22.

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess without cervical spread

Shunsuke Endo  1 , Hiroyoshi Tsubochi, Tomoyuki Nakano, Yasunori Sohara
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Case Reports

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess without cervical spread

Shunsuke Endo et al. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jan.

Abstract

Cervical infections can cause neck phlegmonosa and occasionally develop lethal mediastinitis. We report a 52-year-old man with a retropharyngeal abscess causing descending mediastinis without cervical spread. Thoracoscopic drainage without cervicotomy was successful. Deep neck infections causing a descending mediastinitis should be considered in patients even without an abnormal neck appearance.

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