Exam questionKROK 2Medicine ยท 2012
After the pneumatic dilatation of oesophageal stricture a patient developed acute retrosternal pain getting worse when throwing the head back and swallowing. Objectively: dilatation of the neck veins, dropped beat pulse, signs of purulent intoxication, oliguria, emphysema of the upper portion of chest. What disease can be suspected?
Answer options
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Spontaneous pneumothorax
- Pleural empyema
- Suppurative mediastinitis
- Thrombosis of the superior vena cava
Correct answer
Suppurative mediastinitis
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