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    Pneumomediastinum (from Greek pneuma – "air", also known as mediastinal emphysema) is pneumatosis (abnormal presence of air or other gas) in the mediastinum...
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    Numerous etiologies of subcutaneous emphysema have been described. Pneumomediastinum was first recognized as a medical entity by Laennec, who reported...
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    infection can progress very quickly, this is a serious condition. Pneumomediastinum is the presence of air in the mediastinum, which in some cases can...
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    lead to pneumothorax, pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE) and pneumomediastinum. Barotrauma is a recognised complication of mechanical ventilation...
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  • heart beat rather than respiration. Hamman's crunch is caused by pneumomediastinum or pneumopericardium, and is associated with tracheobronchial injury...
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    also be trapped in the mediastinum, the center of the chest cavity (pneumomediastinum). If air escapes from a penetrating injury to the neck, a definite...
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    subcutaneous emphysema (air in the subcutaneous tissues of the skin) and pneumomediastinum (air in the mediastinum, the center of the chest cavity), sometimes...
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    Pneumoperitoneum can be described as peritoneal emphysema, just as pneumomediastinum can be called mediastinal emphysema, but pneumoperitoneum is the usual...
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    Limited[clarification needed] biopsies are associated with a very small risk of pneumomediastinum or mediastinitis and an even-lower risk of damaging the heart or large...
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  • elevation of the thymic lobes in the setting of pneumomediastinum. Bejvan S, Godwin J (1996). "Pneumomediastinum: old signs and new signs". AJR Am J Roentgenol...
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