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Mediastinal abscess successfully treated by percutaneous drainage using a unified CT and fluoroscopy system
- Source :
- The British Journal of Radiology. 75:470-473
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- British Institute of Radiology, 2002.
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Abstract
- We report two patients with mediastinal abscess developing after surgery for oesophageal cancer who were treated by percutaneous drainage using a unified CT and angiography system, which allows both CT and fluoroscopy to be conducted with the patient on the same bed. Fine needle puncture is performed under CT guidance and this needle is used as a tandem for insertion of the drainage needle under fluoroscopic guidance, making safe puncture possible whilst confirming the position of the needle tip. Moreover, contrast medium can be injected from the drainage tube, allowing the extent of the abscess cavity to be determined by fluoroscopy and CT, thereby making accurate drainage possible.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
Radiography
Radiography, Interventional
Mediastinal Diseases
Humans
Medicine
Fluoroscopy
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Abscess
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Mediastinum
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Contrast medium
medicine.anatomical_structure
Angiography
Drainage
Radiology
Tomography
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1748880X and 00071285
- Volume :
- 75
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The British Journal of Radiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....23631bcafad9e004ae026a54f4c1f61a