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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 15;204(8):989-990.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202105-1179IM.

Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: The Macklin Effect?

Mypinder S Sekhon  1 , Sharanjit Thiara  1 , Hussein D Kanji  1 , Juan J Ronco  1
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Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: The Macklin Effect?

Mypinder S Sekhon et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Chest computed tomography axial slices of the three separate patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) presenting with spontaneous pneumomediastinum. The figure is arranged in panels representing each patient (A, B, and C). A1, B1, and C1 demonstrate subcutaneous emphysema, and A2, B2, and C2 show evidence of pneumomediastinum in each patient. A3 and A4, B3 and B4, and C3 and C4 show air tracking along the pulmonary vasculature (shown with red arrows) in magnified chest computed tomography axial slices. A5, B5, and C5 demonstrate the positioning of the cannulas (located in the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava) for venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (shown with red arrows) on portable chest radiography.
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