Severe pneumoperitoneum, mediastinal emphysema, and thoracoabdominal wall emphysema during flexible bronchoscopy: a case report [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineThis case presents a rare complication that occurred during flexible bronchoscopy, including severe pneumoperitoneum, mediastinal emphysema, and thoracoabdominal wall emphysema.
Jun Yang +5 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsBackground: Mediastinal and subcutaneous emphysema usually result from spontaneous rupture of the alveolar wall. We present an educational case of subcutaneous, mediastinal, and retroperitoneal emphysema discovered during a routine medical check-up ...
Naoki Iwanaga +2 more
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Cervicofacial and mediastinal emphysema due to a dental procedure [PDF]
Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock, 2017 Dental procedures, though commonplace and usually very safe, are not without complications. We report on a case of extensive cervicofacial and mediastinal emphysema after a routine dental procedure, initially masquerading as an allergic reaction in an ...
Mityanand Ramnarine, Zvi Dubin
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Retroperitoneal and Mediastinal Emphysema after Sigmoid Colon Resection [PDF]
Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2023 Retroperitoneal and mediastinal emphysema after colon resection is extremely rare, especially in the absence of anastomotic leakage. The feasibility and safety of conservative treatment for this complication are unknown. We report a patient who underwent
Ryusei Yamamoto +6 more
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Surgical and mediastinal emphysema in critically ill COVID-19 patients: A multicentric experience [PDF]
Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2022 INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus illness 2019, commonly referred to as COVID-19, is a highly infectious disease brought on by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
Yasser Aljehani +7 more
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Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema [PDF]
European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, 2004 Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema is uncommon. Its cause has not been determined precisely, but the entity is usually associated with suddenly raised alveolar pressure.Between 1980 and 2001, 114 patients with mediastinal emphysema of various causes were hospitalized in the Wolfson Medical Center.
Dorit, Weissberg, Dov, Weissberg
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Lethal mediastinal emphysema caused by inhalation of paraquat: a case report [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary MedicineThis paper reports on a 22-year-old male presenting with persistent chest pain accompanied by mediastinal emphysema. We firstly considered mediastinal emphysema induced by community acquired pneumonia.
Qing Tang +3 more
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Spontaneous Mediastinal Emphysema. [PDF]
Cureus, 2018 The author presents a case of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema, also known as the Hamman's syndrome. This case presentation highlights the common features of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema and reminds the clinician to have an index of suspicion for this diagnosis.
Singh D, Kumar S, Stead TS, Ganti L.
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Spontaneous Retropharyngeal and Mediastinal Emphysema [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, 2016 A 14-year-old girl with no significant medical history presented at Emergency Department with sore throat and odynophagia after one episode of nonviolent coughing.
Do-Yeon Cho +2 more
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Aspergillus fumigatus-induced acute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia complicated by spontaneous subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundAcute fibrinous and organizing pneumonia (AFOP) is a rare and distinct histopathological pattern of acute lung injury characterized by intra-alveolar fibrin deposition.
Qiang-zhong Pi, Min Wu, Hu Luo
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