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  • Title: [Pleural empyema as a complication of descending necrotizing mediastinitis].
    Author: Sobolewska E, Skokowski J, Jadczuk E.
    Journal: Pneumonol Alergol Pol; 1997; 65(5-6):364-9. PubMed ID: 9340065.
    Abstract:
    Fulminant infections of oropharyngeal origin may cause the most lethal form of mediastinitis due to extension of the infection along the neck fascial planes or by lymphatic way: descending necrotizing mediastinitis. Two cases of this rare life-threatening entity of odontogenic and tonsillar origin are reported. A pleural empyema and pericarditis as complications were observed. Bacteriologic etiology, possibilities of the early diagnosis and the aggressive treatment by means of a thoracotomy are discussed.
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