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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2021

A 32-year-old woman developed a fever 6 hours after fibrophagogastroscopy up to 39°C, chest pain, dry mouth, shortness of breath. The examination revealed positive Romanov-Bitter symptom and subcutaneous emphysema in the supraclavicular space left. What is the previous diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Acute lung abscess
  2. Pyopneumothorax
  3. Empyema of the pleura
  4. Pneumonia
  5. Acute mediastinitis
Correct answer

Acute mediastinitis

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