Here, we describe the case of a 56-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with an anterior mediastinal cyst measuring 26 × 16 mm in size. An endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration was performed, and punctures occurred three times. The patient was then prescribed cefditoren pivoxil. Three days after the procedure, the patient developed infective mediastinitis. Panipe...

A 54-year-old woman with a history of psoriasis, which had been treated with methotrexate, and poorly-controlled diabetes (HbA1c 9.8 %) presented with anterior chest pain. She initially developed mild pain in the right upper-anterior chest. The patient was immediately referred to our hospital after the symptoms extended to the anterior chest wall and neck at 10 days after the onset of symptoms....

background and aims. descending necrotizing mediastinitis (dnm) is a rare and life-threatening infection. management of this condition is very difficult and before 1990s, dnm had a mortality rate of 40% despite the use of antibiotics. one of the etiologies of this condition is rapid downward spread of oropharyngeal infection along the cervical fascia planes into the mediastinum. materials and m...