[Mediastinal abscess as a remote complication of CABG combined with temporary cardiac pacing--a case report].

A case of a 74 year old patient with a history of CABG with temporary epicardial cardiac pacing, is described. Five years later the patient developed wound infection. Computerised tomography revealed the presence of mediastinal abscess containing surgical material. The patients underwent surgical removal of the abscess with a distal part of an epicardial pacing lead which was left after CABG and was the most probable cause of infection.