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Chest x-ray radiographic findings that show a widened mediastinum or displacement of the cardiac silhouette are indicative of fluid or a blood clot in the mediastinal space (Bojar, 2005).
Our experience indicates that (1) cervical drainage alone is sufficient for cases of cervical phlegmon or mediastinal involvement that are limited to a single superior mediastinal space and (2) thoracotomy and drainage of mediastinal collections is necessary when mediastinal sepsis is more extensive.
 
 
 
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