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Mediastinitis and pericarditis caused by dental infection
1Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
A case of dental infection with spread to the mediastinum causing pericarditis and cardiac tamponade is described. The clinical course of the disease, the investigations undertaken and the treatment given are outlined.