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  • Title: Percutaneous catheter aspiration and drainage of suspected mediastinal abscesses.
    Author: Gobien RP, Stanley JH, Gobien BS, Vujic I, Pass HI.
    Journal: Radiology; 1984 Apr; 151(1):69-71. PubMed ID: 6701339.
    Abstract:
    The authors describe CT-guided percutaneous aspiration of 13 apparent mediastinal abscesses in 12 extremely ill patients, excluding the diagnosis in 3 and establishing it in 9. Six patients subsequently underwent percutaneous catheter drainage, facilitating elective surgery in 1 and proving curative in 5.
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