[Retropharyngeal abscess for foreign body complicated by mediastinitis and pericarditis]. / Absceso retrofaríngeo por cuerpo extraño con complicación mediastínica y pericárdica.
An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am
; 23(6): 577-87, 1996.
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ABSTRACT
The incidence of retropharyngeal abscess is decreasing since the arrival on semisynthetic penicillins. We report one case of retropharyngeal abscess, after ingestion of a foreign body, in an adult patient, complicated with infective mediastinitis, pleural effusion and pericarditis. The spreading of the infection is able to be explained either by continuity or through the fascial sheets. The usefulness of the CT scan for diagnosis as well for the stretching of the condition is brought out. We underline the anterolateral cervicotomy as the best procedure for surgical drainage of these complications.
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Assunto principal:
Pericárdio
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Faringe
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Migração de Corpo Estranho
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Abscesso
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Mediastino
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
An Otorrinolaringol Ibero Am
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article