1984•RadiologyRequires access
Percutaneous catheter aspiration and drainage of suspected mediastinal abscesses.
R P Gobien, JH Stanley, Barbara S. Gobien, Ivan Vujic, Harvey Ira Pass
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Abstract
The authors describe CT-guided percutaneous aspiration of 13 apparent mediastinal abscesses in 12 extremely ill patients, excluding the diagnosis in 3 and establishing it in 9. Six patients subsequently underwent percutaneous catheter drainage, facilitating elective surgery in 1 and proving curative in 5.