Spontaneous mediastinitis with multiple esophageal abscess in the esophagus

Acute mediastinitis (AM) is a rare and deadly disease without appropriate treatment. It is usually due to invasive medical procedures, being uncommon the spontaneous onset. We report a case of 49-year-old patient whose starting symptoms were dyspnea and oppressive epigastric pain.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Almorza, Tomás, Herrera-Juárez, Mercedes, Lalueza, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30225188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.09.003
Descripción
Sumario:Acute mediastinitis (AM) is a rare and deadly disease without appropriate treatment. It is usually due to invasive medical procedures, being uncommon the spontaneous onset. We report a case of 49-year-old patient whose starting symptoms were dyspnea and oppressive epigastric pain.

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