Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum With Concurrent Pneumorrhachis: A Rare Clinical Entity
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Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum with Concurrent Pneumorrhachis
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a very uncommon entity that is defined as the presence of free air in the mediastinum without an obvious etiology. The presence of air in the spinal canal, known as concurrent pneumorrhachis, is an extremely rare epiphenomenon of spontaneous pneumomediastinum. We report a rare case of spontaneous pneumomediastinum with pneumorrhachis associated with influenza. T...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.10.029