Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transesophageal drainage for acute mediastinitis caused by pancreatic fistula
Acute mediastinitis is a life-threatening condition, and standard treatment is percutaneous drainage and/or surgical treatment with antibiotics. A 58-year-old male diagnosed with acute mediastinitis originating from pancreatic fistula, detected only by endoscopic-ultrasound. We inserted a transesoph...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | Respiratory Medicine Case Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007121001428 |