Acute mediastinitis

1 March 1990

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine

Vol. 87 (4) , 273-285
https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1990.11704613

Abstract

Preview Acute mediastinitis is a lethal disease not often discussed in the medical literature. It usually occurs secondary to esophageal perforation, although there are numerous other causes. Drs Friedman and Pickul discuss the nonsurgical causes and clinical presentation of this disease and recommend an approach to medical and surgical management.

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