Staphylococcal mediastinitis due to sternoclavicular pyarthrosis: CT appearance.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1990
Abstract
Three cases of acute mediastinitis secondary to staphylococcal sternoclavicular pyarthrosis are reported. In each case, the patient presented with minimal signs and symptoms and mediastinitis was not suspected until demonstrated by preoperative CT. Since septic arthritis of the sternoclavicular joint may be insidious in onset and is associated with a high incidence of life-threatening secondary mediastinitis, CT is recommended as the initial imaging study in the evaluation of unexplained sternoclavicular joint pain and swelling.
Volume
14
Issue
6
First Page
924
Last Page
927
ISSN
0363-8715
Published In/Presented At
Pollack M. S. (1990). Staphylococcal mediastinitis due to sternoclavicular pyarthrosis: CT appearance. Journal of computer assisted tomography, 14(6), 924–927. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-199011000-00011
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
2229569
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article