ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 29-year-old man with descending necrotizing mediastinitis and subcarinal spread secondary to oropharyngeal infection. The thoracic infection was treated by placement of a transcervical thoracic drain, which was removed 15 days after surgery. The outcome was satisfactory and no further invasive treatment was required. We believe that transcervical thoracic drainage is a useful initial treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis with subcarinal spread but no pleural cavity involvement.
Subject(s)
Drainage/methods , Mediastinitis/diagnostic imaging , Mediastinitis/surgery , Adult , Humans , Male , Mediastinitis/microbiology , Necrosis , Tomography, X-Ray ComputedABSTRACT
Presentamos el caso clínico de un varón de 29 años de edad que presentó una mediastinitis necrosante descendente con extensión infracarinal secundaria a un proceso infeccioso orofaríngeo. La infección torácica fue tratada mediante un drenaje torácico vía transcervical, que se retiró al decimoquinto día del postoperatorio. La evolución fue favorable sin necesidad de una reintervención más radical. Consideramos que en la mediastinitis necrosante descendente con extensión infracarinal sin rotura pleural es útil inicialmente el tratamiento con drenaje torácico transcervical
We report the case of a 29-year-old man with descending necrotizing mediastinitis and subcarinal spread secondary to oropharyngeal infection. The thoracic infection was treated by placement of a transcervical thoracic drain, which was removed 15 days after surgery. The outcome was satisfactory and no further invasive treatment was required. We believe that transcervical thoracic drainage is a useful initial treatment for descending necrotizing mediastinitis with subcarinal spread but no pleural cavity involvement
