Descending necrotizing mediastinitis of odontogenic origin--personal experience and literature review.

Unlabelled: Descending necrotizing mediastinitis is the most severe form of mediastinal infection. The aim of the study was to present the optimal diagnostic and treatment approach to this severe, life-threatening condition.

Patients And Methods: Three patients (men, aged 75, 73, and 63) with descending necrotizing mediastinitis hospitalised between April 2007 and February 2009 have been included in the study.

Clinical and statistical study of salivary gland adenoma.

The authors studied 100 patients with salivary gland adenomas for a period of ten years (from 1989 to 1999). Different types of adenomas regarding their glandular localization, clinical presentation, the age and the sex of the patients were studied. Different diagnostic methods were applied: medical history, clinical examination, sonography, scintigraphy, tomodensitometry, sialography, express morphological diagnosis and permanent histological preparation.