Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum

Extra-alveolar air in the form of subcutaneous tissue emphysema is observed in a variety of clinical settings. Spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema in the absence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum is very rare. We report a case of spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema secondary to cavitary pulmonary t...

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Autores principales: Dixit, Ramakant, George, Jacob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345920
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.92369
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description Extra-alveolar air in the form of subcutaneous tissue emphysema is observed in a variety of clinical settings. Spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema in the absence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum is very rare. We report a case of spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema secondary to cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis in the absence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum.
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spelling pubmed-32760412012-02-16 Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum Dixit, Ramakant George, Jacob Lung India Case Report Extra-alveolar air in the form of subcutaneous tissue emphysema is observed in a variety of clinical settings. Spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema in the absence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum is very rare. We report a case of spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema secondary to cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis in the absence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3276041/ /pubmed/22345920 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.92369 Text en Copyright: © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
title Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
title_full Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
title_fullStr Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
title_short Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
title_sort subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3276041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22345920
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.92369
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