Descending mediastinitis secondary to deep neck abscess in a healthy patient: Case report

Lugo-Machado, Juan Antonio; Pérez, Martha Lucía Gutiérrez; Quintana, Óscar Said Rodríguez; Márquez, Fernanda Verena Barragán; Pinelli, Regina Jacobo; Lizárraga, Carolina Verde; Alvarado, Alejandra Pineda

doi:10.2478/rjr-2021-0022

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Descending mediastinitis secondary to deep neck abscess in a healthy patient: Case report

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

Volume 11 (2021): Issue 43 (September 2021)

By: Juan Antonio Lugo-Machado , Martha Lucía Gutiérrez Pérez , Óscar Said Rodríguez Quintana, Fernanda Verena Barragán Márquez, Regina Jacobo Pinelli, Carolina Verde Lizárraga and Alejandra Pineda Alvarado

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|Jul 2021

Abstract

Necrotizing descending mediastinitis is an emergency which can be fatal in most cases. 80% to 85% of patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis are young, previously healthy persons. We present the case of a healthy patient who, after a neck abscess, developed descending necrotizing mediastinitis complicated by atypical interstitial pneumonia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2021-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2393-3356 | Journal ISSN: 2069-6523

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Language: English

Page range: 130 - 133

Submitted on: Mar 12, 2021

Accepted on: Apr 13, 2021

Published on: Jul 31, 2021

Published by: Romanian Rhinologic Society

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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Related subjects:

Clinical medicine, other,

Surgery,

Surgery, other,

Otorhinolaryngology,

Speech, voice and paediatric hearing disorders,

Oromaxillofacial surgery

© 2021 Juan Antonio Lugo-Machado, Martha Lucía Gutiérrez Pérez, Óscar Said Rodríguez Quintana, Fernanda Verena Barragán Márquez, Regina Jacobo Pinelli, Carolina Verde Lizárraga, Alejandra Pineda Alvarado, published by Romanian Rhinologic Society
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