Regarding three cases of descending necrotizing mediastinitis: Spiral CT assessment;A proposito di tre casi di mediastinite necrotizzante discendente: Valutazione con TC spirale

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-295

  Pinto, Antonio ^a,c   Scaglione, Mariano ^a   Giovine, Sabrina ^a   Lassandro, Francesco ^a   Gagliardi, Nicola ^a   Romano, Luigia ^a   Grassi, Roberto ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute mediastinitis; Mediastinum; Spiral CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 0041562755     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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