Mediastinitis After Oesophagoscopy: A Case Report

Anju Ghai, Raman Wadhera, Kirti Kamal, Vikrant Verma

Abstract


A 50 years old male presented with signs and symptoms of oesophageal perforation after a biopsy. Suggestive symptoms and signs are pain in neck radiating to the back; a rise in temperature and pulse, emphysema in neck and widening of mediastinum or pneumothorax in chest X-ray. He survived with medical management.

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