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Revision as of 14:53, 15 June 2015

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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 ==Causes==
-===Acute===
-*In modern practice, most cases of acute mediastinitis result from [[Complication (medicine)|complications]] of cardiovascular or endoscopic surgical procedures.
-*[[Dental caries|Odontogenic]] (infected tooth)
-*Perforation of the esophagus ([[Boerhaave syndrome]])
-*[[Retropharyngeal space|Retropharyngeal]] infections
-===Chronic===
-Chronic medistinitis is usually a radiologic diagnosis manifested by diffuse fibrosis of the soft tissues of the mediastinum.  This is sometimes the consequence of prior granulomatous disease, most commonly [[histoplasmosis]].  Other identifiable causes include [[tuberculosis]] and [[radiation]] therapy.  Fibrosing mediastinitis most frequently causes problems by constricting blood vessels or airways in the mediastinum.  This may result in such complications as [[superior vena cava syndrome]] or [[pulmonary edema]] from compression of pulmonary veins.
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