Successful treatment for a delay-diagnosed esophageal perforation with deep neck infection, mediastinitis, empyema, and sepsis

South Med J. 2007 Jul;100(7):727-8. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318063ed9f.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Empyema / surgery
  • Esophageal Perforation / complications
  • Esophageal Perforation / diagnosis*
  • Esophageal Perforation / etiology
  • Esophageal Perforation / surgery*
  • Foreign Bodies
  • Humans
  • Infections / etiology
  • Male
  • Mediastinitis / etiology
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology
  • Neck / microbiology
  • Neck / pathology
  • Necrosis
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology
  • Time Factors