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Idiopathic bilateral anterior mediastinal abscesses

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Mediastinal suppuration and abscess formation are uncommon in the era of antibiotics. The case of a child with seemingly idiopathic bilateral and separate anterior mediastinal abscesses is presented. The chest radiography, sonography and computed tomography findings are described.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, P. O. Box 20 80 42, New Haven, CT 06520-8042, USA, , , , , , US

    J. M. Fields

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, , , , , , US

    Dana S. Schwartz & Marc S. Keller

  3. Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, , , , , , US

    John Gosche

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Received: 30 July 1996 Accepted: 11 November 1996

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Fields, J., Schwartz, D., Gosche, J. et al. Idiopathic bilateral anterior mediastinal abscesses. Pediatric Radiology 27, 596–597 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050193

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