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Descending necrotizing mediastinitis after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.
An 83−year−old man presented with a 2− week history of intermittent left−sided chest pain. His chest radiograph and elec− trocardiogram were unremarkable, and so upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was performed for screening purposes. The in− tubation and procedure were carried out without difficulty, although the patient gagged occasionally. There was no ob− vious evidence of a site of perforati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Dentistry
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2090-6447,2090-6455
DOI: 10.1155/2019/6468348