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Failed Suicide Attempt: From the Forehead to the Mediastinum. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT Outside of gunshot wounds, suicidal behavior involving the head is rare. This case presents a patient with a favorable outcome despite a risk of mediastinitis. The anatomy of the deep cervical spaces and the absence of an anatomical barrier to the mediastinum are important to know to prevent this complication.
Jacques N, Boisliveau L.
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IgG4-Related Sclerosing Mediastinitis Mimicking Thymoma: A Case Report. [PDF]
Respirol Case RepThis case highlights the diagnostic challenge of mediastinal IgG4‐RD and the importance of considering it in the differential diagnosis of thymic tumours, even when serum IgG4 is normal. ABSTRACT IgG4‐related disease (IgG4‐RD) rarely presents as an anterior mediastinal mass and may radiologically resemble thymic neoplasms.
Koh E +3 more
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objectives: The aim of this study was to elaborate on and validate a score for the early diagnosis of mediastinitis after cardiothoracic surgery.
Rinaldo Focaccia Siciliano +9 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2017 Background: Mediastinitis is a severe surgical complication of low incidence, but high lethality. Scores used in the preoperative period to stratify the risk of postoperative mediastinitis may contribute to improve the results.
Fabiana dos Santos Oliveira +5 more
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Hospital Pediatrics, 2019 A 12-month-old boy with no significant medical history was transferred from a referring hospital to our facility with 3 days of nasal congestion, dry cough, and fever. His mother reported that the highest temperature measured at home was 37.9°C. The patient was afebrile on initial presentation to the referring hospital, and his examination was notable ...
Dina M. Nassar, Priya Narayanan Jain
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135. Mediastinitis postoperatoria: factores de riesgo, supervivencia y estancia hospitalaria
Cirugía Cardiovascular, 2010 Evaluar la incidencia de mediastinitis en el postoperatorio de cirugía cardíaca mayor. Determinar sus factores de riesgo y sus implicaciones en la supervivencia y estancia hospitalarias.
L. Riesco de la Vega +6 more
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Infectious Diseases Associated With Renal Homotransplantation: I. Incidence, Types, and Predisposing Factors [PDF]
, 1964 Infectious diseases occurred in 26 of 30 renal homotransplantation patients and contributed to eight of the 12 deaths in this series. There were 52 infections, 17 occurring before and 35 after transplantation.
Marchioro, TL +3 more
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An interesting case of mediastinitis
Clinical Management Issues, 2015 Mediastinitis is an inflammatory process; it can be either acute or chronic and it can advance rapidly. Causes of acute mediastinitis usually arise from perforation of the oesophagus or from contiguous spread of neck infections.
Cristina Pellissetto
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Investigation of mediastinitis due to coagulase-negative staphylococci after cardiothoracic surgery. [PDF]
, 2006 Six cases of coagulase-negative staphylococcal mediastinitis were identified in the latter half of 1999. A new preoperative cleansing solution was suspected by hospital staff to be a factor in the outbreak.
Parsonnet, Julie +3 more
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Radiology Case Reports, 2019 Fibrosing mediastinitis is an uncommon benign disorder in which a chronic inflammatory reaction results in diffuse fibrosis of the mediastinum, potentially compromising the airways, great vessels and other mediastinal structures.
Hee Kang, MD, PhD +1 more
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