Mediastinitis

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Acute mediastinitis

Anatomy of the mediastinum

Acute mediastinitis is a serious disease with a high lethality (approximately 50%).

  • Usually a consequence of perforation of the oesophagus (endoscopic procedures, tumours), rarely a complication of pneumonia/mediastinitis (possibly lung abscess, empyema) or even as a complication of coemphysitis.

Clinical picture

Therapy

  • ATB i.v., mediastinal drainage.}

Chronic mediastinitis

Chronic mediastinal inflammation is a granulomatous, fibrous process of mostly unclear etiology. The occurrence of this disease is rare.

  • Ormond's disease = idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis + retroperitoneal fibrosis.

Clinical picture

Therapy


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Bibliography

  • DÍTĚ, Petr. Vnitřní lékařství. 2. edition. 2007. ISBN 978-80-7262-496-6.