Endo Shunsuke, Tsubochi Hiroyoshi, Nakano Tomoyuki, Sohara Yasunori
Department of General Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Jan;56(1):25-7. doi: 10.1007/s11748-007-0182-y. Epub 2008 Jan 22.
Cervical infections can cause neck phlegmonosa and occasionally develop lethal mediastinitis. We report a 52-year-old man with a retropharyngeal abscess causing descending mediastinis without cervical spread. Thoracoscopic drainage without cervicotomy was successful. Deep neck infections causing a descending mediastinitis should be considered in patients even without an abnormal neck appearance.
颈部感染可导致颈部蜂窝织炎,偶尔会发展为致死性纵隔炎。我们报告一例52岁男性,患有咽后脓肿,导致下行性纵隔炎但无颈部扩散。在未行颈部切开术的情况下,胸腔镜引流成功。即使患者颈部外观无异常,也应考虑深部颈部感染导致下行性纵隔炎的可能性。