CT features of descending necrotizing mediastinitis - A pictorial essay

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-81

  Scaglione, Mariano ^a,e   Pinto, Antonio ^a   Giovine, Sabrina ^b   Di Nuzzo, Loredana ^a   Giuliano, Vincenzo ^c,d   Romano, Luigia ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Department of Diagnostic Imaging   (Italy)

^c Vincon MRI Center   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Descending necrotizing mediastinitis; Diagnosis; Management

Indexed keywords

NONIONIC CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING NECROTIZING MEDIASTINITIS; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDIASTINITIS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MYOSITIS; NECK PAIN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THORACOSCOPY; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34247607759     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-007-0606-0     Document Type: Article

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