title: [Spread to mediastinum of purulent infections of the mandible and oropharynx].
abstract: We are presenting two cases, a 35-year-old man and 28-year-old woman, with a rapid spreading of an odontogenic infection from the oropharyngeal and deep cervical area into the mediastinum, in the case of the 28-year-old patient with lethal consequences. In both cases no defect of weakening of the immune system could be found.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie, Universitätsspital Zurich.
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Grätz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: Die fortgeleitete phlegmonöse Meidastinitis bei eitrigen Infektionen von Unterkiefer und Oropharynx.