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. 2018 Jan-Mar;28(1):132-133.
doi: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_168_17.

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumorrhachis, pneumoretroperitoneum, surgical emphysema

Bogala Shilpa  1 , Rashmi Sudhir  1 , M V T Krishna Mohan  1 , Veeraiah Koppula  1
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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumorrhachis, pneumoretroperitoneum, surgical emphysema

Bogala Shilpa et al. Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2018 Jan-Mar.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest radiograph taken in AP view demonstrating the surgical emphysema (circle) in the neck and chest bilaterally, left pneumothorax (triangle), signs of pneumomediatinum namely air outlining the descending aorta and the diaphragm giving a continuous diaphragm sign and pneumoretroperitoneum outlining the left renal shadow (arrow)
Figure 2 (A-E)
Figure 2 (A-E)
CT axial sections of chest with (A) pneumothorax (triangle), surgical emphysema (circle), pneumorrhachis (curved arrow), and fibrotic changes in the lung parenchyma; (B) pneumomediastinum (star), surgical emphysema (circle), and pneumorrhachis (curved arrow); (C) pneumothorax (triangle), pneumomediastinum (star), and pneumorrhachis (curved arrow); (D) surgical emphysema (circle), pneumoretroperitoneum (straight arrow); (E) CT coronal section of apical region showing pneumothorax
Figure 3
Figure 3
Sagittal section of contrast enhanced MRI showing a heterogeneously enhancing sellar and supra sellar mass suggesting residual germinoma (arrow)
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