Citation

Ablin DS, Reinhart MA. Pediatr. Radiol. 1990; 20(7): 524-525.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2216586

Abstract

A case of mediastinitis and mediastinal abscess due to cervical esophageal perforation in a 9/12 month old girl who was a victim of child abuse and possible sexual assault is reported. Injury to the hypopharynx or esophagus with child abuse as a possible etiology should be considered when an infant or young child presents with unexplained erythematous neck swelling, subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and/or wide mediastinum.

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