Descending necrotizing mediastinitis: A case report and review of the literature

International Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 62-66

  Balkan, Mehmet Erkan ^a,c   Oktar, Gürsel Levent ^a   Oktar, Mehtap Aras ^b  

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery Emergency and Traumatology Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Ankara Rehabilitation Center   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Descending necrotizing mediastinitis; Mediastinal infections; Mediastinitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NECROSIS; REVIEW;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; NECROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035239967     PISSN: 00208868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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