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Mediastinitis and retropharyngeal abscess following delayed diagnosis of glass ingestion

Foreign body ingestion is a common occurrence in childhood. We report the outcome of an infant who swallowed a piece of glass. The absence of a foreign body on chest radiograph led to delayed diagnosis and then to the well documented complications of retropharyngeal abscess and mediastinitis. She wa...

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Main Authors: Allotey, J, Duncan, H, Williams, H
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BMJ Group 2006
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2564068/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16439726
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emj.2004.020867
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