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Utility of PET scan in diagnosis and monitoring descending necrotizing mediastinitis complicating Lemierre’s syndrome

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  1. Department of Neurology, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Tiziana Carandini

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Virgilio Longari

  3. Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplant Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Paolo Mendogni

  4. Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Michele Gaffuri

  5. Department of Internal Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

    Elisa Ceriani

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Carandini, T., Longari, V., Mendogni, P. et al. Utility of PET scan in diagnosis and monitoring descending necrotizing mediastinitis complicating Lemierre’s syndrome. Intern Emerg Med 13, 129–131 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1726-5

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