Descending necrotising mediastinitis: A report of misdiagnosis as thoracic aortic dissection

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-228

  Chou, S L ^a   Chern, C H ^a   Chen, J D ^b   How, C K ^a   Wang, L M ^a   Lee, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; AGED; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ASCENDING AORTA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DETERIORATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SORE THROAT; SYMPTOM; THORACIC AORTA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINITIS; NECROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14944359649     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.006189     Document Type: Article

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