A Rare Case of Iatrogenic Deep Neck Infection Secondary to Hypopharyngeal Injury Caused by the Transesophageal Echocardiography

Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is considered relatively safe but semi-invasive. The hypopharyngeal and esophageal injury is infrequent complication of TEE but could be serious, even life-threatening. We present a case of a 74-year-old man who experienced a deep neck infection secondary to hy...

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Autores principales: Kim, Hyung Yoon, Lee, Sang-Chol, Park, Sung-Ji, Choi, Jin-Oh, Chang, Sung-A, Kim, Sung Mok, Choe, Yeon Hyeon, Oh, Jae K., Park, Seung Woo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448827
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2015.23.3.181

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4595706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26448827
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2015.23.3.181

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