Diemerbroeck is said to have dissected a human subject in whom the diaphragm and mediastinum were apparently missing, but such cases must be very rare, although we frequently find marked deficiency of this organ.
It has been known to descend along the planes of connective tissue into the mediastinum or into the lungs.
Moreover, the foreign body will be difficult to find and to remove from the edematous and bleeding folds, and the risk of following a false passage into the mediastinum or overriding the foreign body is great.
Prompt thoracotomy for drainage may save the patient's life if the mediastinum has not also been infected.
Rupture of the cervical esophagus is usually followed by cervical emphysema and cervical abscess, both of which often burrow into the mediastinum along the fascial layers of the neck.
If an abscess forms, it may come to the surface in the lower part of the posterior triangle, or may spread into the posterior mediastinum or into the axilla.
When the œsophagus is perforated, diffuse cellulitis of the neck or of the posterior mediastinum may ensue.
The middle compartment extends to the base of the skull and passes into the anterior mediastinum as far as the pericardium.
The thoracic portion is about 7 inches long, and traverses the posterior mediastinum lying slightly to the left of the middle line.
The duct runs up on the right of the aorta through the posterior mediastinumand then traverses the superior mediastinum to the left of the oesophagus.
Its dorsal wall is attached to the gut, and is continuous with the mesentery of the gut passing to the dorsal abdominal wall, forming the posteriormediastinum of human anatomy.
This bruising, as you describe, would have been obscured by the fact that there was a large amount of blood, hematoma, present in the neck and the mediastinum and hence all the blood tissues were covered by this blood.
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