A Case of Descending Necrotizing MediastinitisPenetrating to the Esophagus

Here, we present the case of a 78-year-old man with a deep neck infection that caused descending necrotizing mediastinitis that extended from the pharynx to the stomach and was accompanied by two large esophageal fistulas and multiple gastric ulcers. We believe that the series of lesions were the si...

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Autores principales: Inaba, Yuichiro, Tokano, Hisashi, Ohtsu, Atsushi, Kitamura, Ken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25648975
http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.5.190
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author Inaba, Yuichiro
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description Here, we present the case of a 78-year-old man with a deep neck infection that caused descending necrotizing mediastinitis that extended from the pharynx to the stomach and was accompanied by two large esophageal fistulas and multiple gastric ulcers. We believe that the series of lesions were the signs of a hidden carcinoma.
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spelling pubmed-43093562015-02-03 A Case of Descending Necrotizing MediastinitisPenetrating to the Esophagus Inaba, Yuichiro Tokano, Hisashi Ohtsu, Atsushi Kitamura, Ken J Rural Med Case Report Here, we present the case of a 78-year-old man with a deep neck infection that caused descending necrotizing mediastinitis that extended from the pharynx to the stomach and was accompanied by two large esophageal fistulas and multiple gastric ulcers. We believe that the series of lesions were the signs of a hidden carcinoma. The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine 2010-12-13 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC4309356/ /pubmed/25648975 http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.5.190 Text en ©2010 The Japanese Association of Rural Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License.
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A Case of Descending Necrotizing MediastinitisPenetrating to the Esophagus
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title_fullStr A Case of Descending Necrotizing MediastinitisPenetrating to the Esophagus
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title_short A Case of Descending Necrotizing MediastinitisPenetrating to the Esophagus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4309356/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25648975
http://dx.doi.org/10.2185/jrm.5.190
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