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  • Title: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis secondary to retropharyngeal abscess without cervical spread.
    Author: Endo S, Tsubochi H, Nakano T, Sohara Y.
    Journal: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 2008 Jan; 56(1):25-7. PubMed ID: 18213468.
    Abstract:
    Cervical infections can cause neck phlegmonosa and occasionally develop lethal mediastinitis. We report a 52-year-old man with a retropharyngeal abscess causing descending mediastinis without cervical spread. Thoracoscopic drainage without cervicotomy was successful. Deep neck infections causing a descending mediastinitis should be considered in patients even without an abnormal neck appearance.
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