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Chronic encapsulated mediastinal abscess presenting with remote cutaneous fistulization 12 years after redo aortic valve replacement for prosthetic valve endocarditis

Chronic encapsulated mediastinal abscess is an unusual complication of previous open heart surgery. We report on the case of a 79 year old male who presented with epigastric fistulization of an encapsulated anterior mediastinal abscess 12 years after a redo aortic valve replacement for prosthetic va...

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Main Authors: Kaul, Pankaj, Qadri, Syed SA, Riaz, Mohd
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2006
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560126/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16930485
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-1-22
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