SPONTANEOUS CERVICAL SUBCUTANEOUS AND MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA SECONDARYTO OCCULT SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS

Authors
HUR T CHEN Y SHU GHF CHANG JM CHENG KC
Citation
T. Hur et al., SPONTANEOUS CERVICAL SUBCUTANEOUS AND MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA SECONDARYTO OCCULT SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS, The European respiratory journal, 8(12), 1995, pp. 2188-2190
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
The European respiratory journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
09031936
Volume
8
Issue
12
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2188 - 2190
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-1936(1995)8:12<2188:SCSAME>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We present a case of spontaneous mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema due to perforation of an occult sigmoid diverticulitis. Med iastinal emphysema should alert the physician to the possibility of re troperitoneal gastrointestinal perforation, even in patients without s igns of distinct peritoneal irritation.