Acute mediastinitis
The postoperative status with above mentioned findings were suggestive of sequelae of an inflammatory process of mediastinitis for clinical correlation and the patient was treated medically.
The diagnostic confirmation by CT of mediastinitis is very important to prevent morbidity and mortality of late diagnosis. So it is essential to know the different characteristic signs of acute mediastinitis and its causes.
The three most common causes of acute mediastinitis are:
- post-surgical: most common cause of mediastinitis, mainly after cardiac curgery, with an incidence of 0.4-5%
- esophageal perforation
- descending necrotizing mediastinitis
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