Mediastinal Emphysema Complicating a Pneumonic Condition
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Mediastinal emphysema and its occurrence in artificial pneumoperitoneum.
Air may enter the mediastinal fascial planes either by accident or design. The term " pneumomediastinum" should be reserved for the Continental practice of insufflation of air into the mediastinum in contrast radiography (Bariety, Coury, Mathe, and Abdlanet, 1953). The accidental extravasation of air into the mediastinum, or " mediastinal emphysema," is described in this paper, which includes a...
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