Non-traumatic anterior mediastinal abscess in childhood

Anterior mediastinal abscesses (MAs) due to a non-traumatic etiology are extremely rare in childhood and only 13 such cases have been reported in the literature. We report a 5-year-old male child with disseminated staphylococcal infection and a large non-traumatic anterior MA, who had a successful r...

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Main Authors: Sandeep Kumar, Virendra Kumar, Amit Bishnoi, Rajiv Chadha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons
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Online Access:http://www.jiaps.com/article.asp?issn=0971-9261;year=2011;volume=16;issue=2;spage=75;epage=77;aulast=