Step 1 - Medicine 2016

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A 35-year-old man has been delivered into a surgical ward with a suppurating wound in the neck, anterior to trachea (previsceral space). If a surgical operation is not performed urgently, there is a risk of infection spreading to:

Thoracic cavity - anterior mediastinum
Thoracic cavity - posterior mediastinum
Interaponeurotic suprasternal space
Thoracic cavity - middle mediastinum
Retrovisceral space