A rare case of descending necrotizing mediastinitis (DNM) secondary to a nontraumatic retropharyngeal abscess is reported. Even in the era of antibiotics, the mortality of DNM is still around 40%. In spite of drainage of a localized neck abscess, and the administration of systemic antibiotics, the retropharyngeal abscess extended to the pericardial and pleural cavities. Several drainage procedu...

Background and Aim Percutaneous drainage of intra-abdominal abscesses is often uncomfortable for the patient may result in prolonged hospital stays. Recent studies have shown that endoscopic ultrasound-guided abscess (EUS-AD) could effectively treat various fluid collections. However, no indications or procedures been established EUS-AD treatments, on its usefulness safety are insufficient. The...

Over a 6.5-year period, 5,848 patients who had ingested a foreign body were admitted to the ENT unit at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong. Potentially serious complications developed in 12 patients (0.21%). Eight patients had an esophageal perforation; three had clinical evidence that their injury had been caused by the foreign body itself and five were deemed to have been injured iatro...

Endobronchial ultrasound with transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS‐TBNA) is a minimally invasive and safe technique which is universally accepted for the mediastinum and/or hilum lymph node biopsy. Severe infectious complications following EBUS‐TBNA were occasional, but sometimes life‐threatening.[1] Two patients with severe mediastinal abscess after EBUS‐TBNA were treated successfully with s...