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Comment
. 2021;100(12):1251-1255.
doi: 10.1159/000518367. Epub 2021 Aug 27.

Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: Merely a Matter of Lung Frailty?

Khevan Somasundram  1 , Kaladerhan Agbontaen  2 , Suveer Singh  2   3
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Pneumomediastinum in COVID-19: Merely a Matter of Lung Frailty?

Khevan Somasundram et al. Respiration. 2021.
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Figures

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Fig. 1
Alveolar rupture with movement of air into the bronchovascular sheath.
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Fig. 2
The visceral mediastinal compartment demonstrates extension of the mediastinal pleural beyond the pulmonary hilum, continuous with the distal bronchovascular sheath. The sequel of the propagation of air in the mediastinum leads to its accumulation in contiguous anatomical locations.
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Fig. 3
Pneumomediastinum and left pneumothorax in a non-intubated patient with COVID-19-related pneumonitis (a − coronal, b − axial, and c − sagittal).
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Pneumomediastinum in an intubated patient with COVID-19-related pneumonitis (a − coronal, b − axial, and c − sagittal).
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