mediastinitis
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Mediastinitis is inflammation of the tissues in the mid-chest, or mediastinum. It can be either acute or chronic. It is thought to be due to four different etiologies: direct contamination hematogenous or lymphatic spread extension of infection from the neck or retroperitoneum extension from the lung or pleura Acute mediastinitis is usually caused by bacteria and is most often due to perforation of the esophagus. As the infection can progress rapidly, this is considered a serious condition.
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Research
76,689 papers- Acute mediastinitis, mediastinal granuloma, and chronic fibrosing mediastinitis: A review.Seminars in diagnostic pathology · 2022
- Fibrosing mediastinitis.Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc · 2001
- Descending necrotizing mediastinitis - a surgical view.Rozhledy v chirurgii : mesicnik Ceskoslovenske chirurgicke spolecnosti · 2024
- Postoperative mediastinitis: classification and management.The Annals of thoracic surgery · 1996
- [Fibrosing mediastinitis].Wiadomosci lekarskie (Warsaw, Poland : 1960) · 2001
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14 sectionsContents
- Symptoms
- Acute
- Chronic
- Causes
- Acute
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- Etiology
- Diagnosis
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- Treatment
- Prognosis
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Mediastinitis is inflammation of the tissues in the mid-chest, or mediastinum. It can be either acute or chronic. It is thought to be due to four different etiologies: direct contamination hematogenous or lymphatic spread extension of infection from the neck or retroperitoneum extension from the lung or pleura Acute mediastinitis is usually caused by bacteria and is most often due to perforation of the esophagus. As the infection can progress rapidly, this is considered a serious condition.
Chronic sclerosing (or fibrosing) mediastinitis, while potentially serious, is caused by a long-standing inflammation of the mediastinum, leading to growth of acellular collagen and fibrous tissue within the chest and around the central vessels and airways. It has a different cause, treatment, and prognosis than acute infectious mediastinitis.