Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: a case report

Acute mediastinitis is a serious condition, secondary to esophageal perforation or an infectious complication of a trans-sternal cardiothoracic surgery and, in rare cases, secondary to a primary oropharyngeal infection with progression to cervical region and mediastinal extension through mus...

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Main Authors: Jorge Sergio Rodríguez Silverio, Héctor Fortún Aquino, Pedro Lleonart López
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Editorial Ciencias Médicas 2012-10-01
Series:Acta Médica del Centro
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Online Access:http://www.revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/240