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Symptoms and Signs – Differential Diagnosis of Acute Mediastinitis
• Cardiothoracic surgery (median sternotomy) (e.g., CABG, valve replacement, other types of cardiothoracic surgery)
• Esophageal perforation
• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, esophageal dilation, esophagealvariceal sclerotherapy, nasogastric tube, Sengstaken-Blakemore tube, endotracheal intubation, esophageal surgery, paraesophageal surgery, transesophageal echocardiography, anterior stabilization of cervical vertebral bodies
• Head and neck infections (e.g., tonsillitis, pharyngitis, parotitis, epiglottitis, odontogenic)
• Iatrogenic
• Infections originating at another site (e.g., TB; pneumonia; pancreatitis; osteomyelitis of sternum, clavicle, ribs)
• Spontaneous perforation (e.g., emesis, carcinoma)
• Swallowed foreign bodies
• Trauma
• Cardiothoracic surgery (median sternotomy) (e.g., CABG, valve replacement, other types of cardiothoracic surgery)
• Esophageal perforation
• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, esophageal dilation, esophagealvariceal sclerotherapy, nasogastric tube, Sengstaken-Blakemore tube, endotracheal intubation, esophageal surgery, paraesophageal surgery, transesophageal echocardiography, anterior stabilization of cervical vertebral bodies
• Head and neck infections (e.g., tonsillitis, pharyngitis, parotitis, epiglottitis, odontogenic)
• Iatrogenic
• Infections originating at another site (e.g., TB; pneumonia; pancreatitis; osteomyelitis of sternum, clavicle, ribs)
• Spontaneous perforation (e.g., emesis, carcinoma)
• Swallowed foreign bodies
• Trauma
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