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Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb

Subcutaneous emphysema refers to the presence of air in the subcutaneous planes of the body. It may result from a benign cause like trauma, accidental injection, or entry of air through a negative pressure gradient, or it could be a part of the life-threatening ailment in the form of necrotizing fas...

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Autores principales: Das, Snehasis, Shaikh, Oseen, Gaur, Naveen K, Balasubramanian, Gopal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8980241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35399466
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22808
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author Das, Snehasis
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description Subcutaneous emphysema refers to the presence of air in the subcutaneous planes of the body. It may result from a benign cause like trauma, accidental injection, or entry of air through a negative pressure gradient, or it could be a part of the life-threatening ailment in the form of necrotizing fasciitis with gas gangrene. We report a 31-year-old male who sustained trauma to the hand followed by pressurized air injection into the wound resulting in the subcutaneous emphysema of the left upper limb. Imaging studies confirmed the presence of subcutaneous emphysema. The patient was managed conservatively with limb immobilization. Being rarely reported in the medical literature, we aim to improve the awareness of such a condition and beware of impending complications.
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spelling pubmed-89802412022-04-07 Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb Das, Snehasis Shaikh, Oseen Gaur, Naveen K Balasubramanian, Gopal Cureus Emergency Medicine Subcutaneous emphysema refers to the presence of air in the subcutaneous planes of the body. It may result from a benign cause like trauma, accidental injection, or entry of air through a negative pressure gradient, or it could be a part of the life-threatening ailment in the form of necrotizing fasciitis with gas gangrene. We report a 31-year-old male who sustained trauma to the hand followed by pressurized air injection into the wound resulting in the subcutaneous emphysema of the left upper limb. Imaging studies confirmed the presence of subcutaneous emphysema. The patient was managed conservatively with limb immobilization. Being rarely reported in the medical literature, we aim to improve the awareness of such a condition and beware of impending complications. Cureus 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8980241/ /pubmed/35399466 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22808 Text en Copyright © 2022, Das et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Das, Snehasis
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Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb
title Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb
title_full Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb
title_fullStr Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb
title_full_unstemmed Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb
title_short Iatrogenic Benign Subcutaneous Emphysema of the Left Upper Limb
title_sort iatrogenic benign subcutaneous emphysema of the left upper limb
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8980241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35399466
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22808
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