Descending mediastinitis secondary to deep neck abscess in a healthy patient: Case report
Juan Antonio Lugo-Machado
ENT Department, “Lic. Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta” Specialty Hospital No 2, IMSS, Ciudad Obregón, SonoraMexico
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, Martha Lucía Gutiérrez Pérez
El Bosque University, Colombian School of MedicineBogotá, Colombia
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Publié en ligne: 31 juil. 2021
Pages: 130 - 133
Reçu: 12 mars 2021
Accepté: 13 avr. 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjr-2021-0022
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© 2021 Juan Antonio Lugo-Machado et al., published by Sciendo
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Necrotizing descending mediastinitis is an emergency which can be fatal in most cases. 80% to 85% of patients who develop descending necrotizing mediastinitis are young, previously healthy persons. We present the case of a healthy patient who, after a neck abscess, developed descending necrotizing mediastinitis complicated by atypical interstitial pneumonia.