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Spontaneous cervical and mediastinal emphysema

The Laryngoscope, 1990
AbstractSubcutaneous cervical emphysema often appears as a result of surgery or trauma. However, when it occurs spontaneously, the patient may present with clinically impressive and dramatic features. The etiology is related to the rupture of terminal alveoli and dissection of air along the pulmonary vasculature.
David A. Mosborg, Richard W. Foley, Charles M. Stiernberg, Gregg S. Parker   +3 more
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Mediastinal Emphysema Following Tonsillectomy

Diseases of the Chest, 1953
1)Mediastinal emphysema, complicating a routine tonsillectomy, in an emotionally disturbed child is reported. 2)The mechanism of mediastinal emphysema is discussed, and the role of emotional influences contributing to the mechanism is described.
Theodore J. Talbot, Jacob J. Silverman, Robert W. McCLEAN   +2 more
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Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema

Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1972
10-Second summary Emphysema following dental procedures is considered rare. However, it may be potentially dangerous and can mimic several acute medical emergencies.
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Mediastinal and Subcutaneous Emphysema in Labor

Southern Medical Journal, 1976
The recent world literature on mediastinal emphysema has been reviewed and two cases added. This condition is relatively benign, and the supportive treatment is discussed. Subsequent pregnancies have been uncomplicated.
Martinez Dm, Brandfass Rt
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MEDIASTINOTOMY IN SPONTANEOUS MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1948
Mediastinal emphysema has been recognized as a clinical entity for over one hundred years, but it was not until 1937 that Hamman1called attention to the spontaneous occurrence of this condition and the criteria necessary for its diagnosis. Since Hamman's lucid descriptions2there have been reports of numerous cases.
James R. Karns, Edwin O. Daue
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SPONTANEOUS MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1943
Mediastinal emphysema following stab wounds or other trauma of the chest has long been recognized. It has also been described as occurring secondary to violent coughing, bronchial asthma, artificial pneumothorax, pneumonia, difficult labor, straining at stool and other forms of extreme effort.
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MEDICAL MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA

Annals of Internal Medicine, 1961
Excerpt INTRODUCTION Mediastinal emphysema is characterized by the presence of air in the mediastinum, and has been recognized at least since 1819, when Laennec described it under the title of "int...
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Massive Spontaneous Mediastinal Emphysema

Diseases of the Chest, 1956
SUMMARY Interstitial emphysema of the lungs and mediastinal emphysema have been recognised and observed for many years. Such conditions, however, have always been attributed to causative factors such as trauma, forced expiration against a closed glottis and others. Their spontaneous appearance had never been suspected until the original work of Louis
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THE ETIOLOGY OF INTERSTITIAL AND MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA: (EXPERIMENTAL PRODUCTION OF AIR EMBOLISM, ACUTE PNEUMOTHORAX, ACUTE PNEUMOPERITONEUM, INTERSTITIAL, MEDIASTINAL AND RETROPERITONEAL EMPHYSEMA)

, 1930
The term mediastinal and interstitial emphysema in our work is used to include not only the introduction of air into all the areolar tissues of the body, but also acute pneumothorax, acute pneumoperitoneum and air embolism.
M. Joannides, George D. Tsoulos
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Mediastinal Emphysema

New England Journal of Medicine, 1949
M, AISNER, J E, FRANCO
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