title: Retropharyngeal abscess with descending necrotizing mediastinitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Yong Kang City, Tainan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Kai-Yuan
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hung-Jung
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Yi-Hsien
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D017703:Retropharyngeal Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed