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Spontaneous cervical subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema secondary to occult sigmoid diverticulitis
1Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Chi-Mei Foundation Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
The European Respiratory Journal
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
We present a case of spontaneous mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema due to perforation of an occult sigmoid diverticulitis. Mediastinal emphysema should alert the physician to the possibility of retroperitoneal gastrointestinal perforation, even in patients without signs of distinct peritoneal irritation.