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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

  1. Acute myocardial infarction
  2. Spontaneous pneumothorax
  3. Pleural empyema
  4. Suppurative mediastinitis
  5. Thrombosis of the superior vena cava
Correct answer

Suppurative mediastinitis

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