치성감염에 의한 종격염 치험예

Mediastinitis from odontogenic infection

Recently serious odontogenic infections have decreased and mediastinis from odontogenic infection is extremely rare in the era of antibiotic drugs. The deep cervical infections from odontogenic infection is spreaded to mediastinum and is occurred mediastinitis rarely. Mediastinitis can quickly occur lethal consequences and results a number of compplications. The spread of infection from deep cervical infections to mediastinum is appeared dyspnea, chest pain, fever and radiologic appearance of a widening mediastinum. The treatment of mediastinitis is massive long-term antibiotic therapy and surgical drainage of the mediastinum. This is a case report on mediastinitis from odontogenic infection which occurs a 38 year old patient.