Diagnostic mediastinoscopy is a procedure with well-known serious complications: Hemorrhage, mediastinitis, pneumothorax and recurrent nerve damage. Esophageal perforation is a less known potentially life-threatening complication. Here the case of a young man with an iatrogenic esophageal perforation following a diagnostic mediastinoscopy is presented with a literary review of previously published cases.
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