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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1985 Summary A young girl with pulmonary zygomycosis involving the mediastinum and presenting as superior vena caval obstruction is reported. Mediastinal involvement due to zygomycosis is a rare occurrence.
R K, Marwaha +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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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018 Background Post cardiac surgery mediastinitis is the major infectious complication, despite the development of surgical techniques and the application of strict preventive measures. The Haemophilus influenzae mediastinitis is very rare. The mediastinitis
Badia Belarj +10 more
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A Novel Mediastinal Drainage Tube for Mediastinitis
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015 Mediastinitis is a life-threatening disease, and effective drainage is needed to treat mediastinitis with abscess formation. We recommend an alternative drainage method using chest tube binding with a Silastic Penrose drainage tube. The use of a Silastic Penrose drainage tube may help to manage mediastinitis with abscess formation.
Yhang, Jun Ho +5 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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Post-cardiac surgery fungal mediastinitis: clinical features, pathogens and outcome
Critical Care, 2023 Objectives The occurrence of mediastinitis after cardiac surgery remains a rare and severe complication associated with poor outcomes. Whereas bacterial mediastinitis have been largely described, little is known about their fungal etiologies.
Geoffroy Hariri +13 more
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Surgical Case Reports, 2021 Background Acute mediastinitis is a rare disease that rapidly progresses with a high mortality rate. Its most common cause is direct injury of the mediastinum, including iatrogenic causes such as cardiac surgery or upper endoscopy.
Yoko Zaitsu +6 more
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Aspergillus mediastinitis after cardiac surgery
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Background: Mediastinitis is a serious complication after cardiac surgery. While bacteria are the more common pathogens, fungal infections are rare. In particular, several cases of postoperative Aspergillus mediastinitis have been reported, the majority ...
Marie-Josée Caballero +8 more
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A case of Candida mediastinitis after dental extraction
Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2010 Acute mediastinitis is a serious infection involving the connective mediastinal tissue in the interpleural spaces and other thoracic structures. Candida albicans mediastinitis is a rare clinical entity associated with high mortality and morbidity.
Parisa Badiee +2 more
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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 1999 A 46-year-old asymptomatic male was detected to have a posterior mediastinal mass on a routine check-up. He underwent thoracotomy to remove the mass, which was found to be a hibernoma. The mediastinum is an extremely rare site for an even rarer tumor like the hibernoma.
Z F, Udwadia, N, Kumar, A S, Bhaduri
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