Mediastinal emphysema following fracture of the orbital floor
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Mediastinal emphysema following fracture of the orbital floor
Pneumomediastinum (PM) is mainly an atypical finding among traumatic neck or thoracic injury patients. Moreover, PM secondary to isolated orbital floor fracture remains a rare event which is infrequently associated with severe complications such as mediastinitis, airway obstruction and pneumothorax. Herein, we report an atypical case of mediastinal emphysema consequent to orbital floor fracture...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Surgical Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2042-8812
DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rju032