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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2016

A 35-year-old man has been delivered into a surgical ward with a suppurating wound in the neck, anterior to trachea (previsceral space). If a surgical operation is not performed urgently, there is a risk of infection spreading to:

Answer options

  1. Thoracic cavity - anterior mediastinum
  2. Retrovisceral space
  3. Thoracic cavity - posterior mediastinum
  4. Thoracic cavity - middle mediastinum
  5. Interaponeurotic suprasternal space
Correct answer

Thoracic cavity - anterior mediastinum

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