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. 2019 Mar;11(3):E34-E36.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.02.42.

Spontaneous postpartum pneumomediastinum: beware of too much diagnostics

Alessandro Brussa  1 , Anna Marangone  1 , Luigi Vetrugno  1 , Teresa Dogareschi  1 , Tiziana Bove  1
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Spontaneous postpartum pneumomediastinum: beware of too much diagnostics

Alessandro Brussa et al. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Mar.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Hamman’s syndrome imaging. (A) Chest X-ray showing bilateral pneumomediastinum (white arrows); (B) high-resolution CT showing suspected tracheal lesion (white arrow) surrounded by mediastinal air; (C) laterolateral view of the chest X-ray; (D) mediastinal view of chest-CT at tracheal lesion’s level; (E) chest-CT lung window at carina’s level; (F) chest-CT mediastinal window at carina’s level; (G) chest-CT lung window 2 cm above the carinal bifurcation; (H) chest-CT mediastinal window 2 cm above the carinal bifurcation; (I) chest-CT lung window 2 cm below the carinal bifurcation; (J) chest-CT mediastinal window 2 cm below the carinal bifurcation. CT, computed tomography.
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