title: Sternoclavicular osteomyelitis: a new complication of misplaced tracheostomy tube.
abstract: We report a patient who presented with erythema and swelling over the chest and neck several days after the placement of a tracheostomy tube. Sternoclavicular osteomyelitis and anterior mediastinal abscess occurred, as complications of inadvertent pretracheal tracheostomy tube placement, which were treated with right sternoclavicular resection and mediastinal drainage.
authors: Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan.
authors: Asra
authors: A
authors: Hashmi
authors: Dorene
authors: D
authors: Zerfas
authors: Frank A
authors: FA
authors: Baciewicz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*