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Acute appendicitis presenting with surgical emphysema and pneumomediastinum
P McCahy1, D Talbot, J Rawlinson
1Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Tyne and Wear, UK.
The British Journal of Clinical Practice
|July 1, 1995
Abstract:
A case is reported of a young man presenting with abdominal pain and surgical emphysema of the neck. A chest x-ray revealed pneumomediastinum but other investigations excluded oesophageal rupture. He was found to have a complicated acute appendicitis. The history and likely causes of this unusual presentation of a common complaint are reviewed.