Anterior mediastinal abscess diagnosed in a young sumo wrestler after closed blunt chest trauma / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
;
(6): 360-362, 2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-235800
ABSTRACT
Most mediastinal abscesses result from infections after thoracotomy, esophageal perforation or pene- trating chest trauma. This disease is rarely caused by closed blunt chest trauma. All previously reported such cases after closed blunt chest trauma presented with hematoma and sternal osteomyelitis resulting from sternal fracture. Here we report a 15-year-old sumo wrestler who presented with an anterior mediastinal abscess without any mediastinal fracture. The mediastinal abscess resulted from the hematogenous spread of Staphylococcus aureus to a hematoma that might have been caused by a closed blunt chest trauma incurred during sumo wrestling exercises.
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Main subject:
Staphylococcal Infections
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Therapeutics
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Thoracic Injuries
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Wounds and Injuries
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Wounds, Nonpenetrating
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Wrestling
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Drainage
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Combined Modality Therapy
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Traumatology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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