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Case Reports
. 1997 Oct;73(864):662-4.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.864.662.

Diffuse soft tissue emphysema as a complication of anorexia nervosa

A I Hatzitolios  1 , M L Sion, A D Kounanis, E N Toulis, A Dimitriadis, I Ioannidis, G N Ziakas
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Case Reports

Diffuse soft tissue emphysema as a complication of anorexia nervosa

A I Hatzitolios et al. Postgrad Med J. 1997 Oct.

Abstract

We describe a case of a young woman with anorexia nervosa with a 35% weight loss, amenorrhea and behavioural disturbances complicated by spontaneous diffuse soft tissue emphysema (subcutaneous, pneumomediastinum, epidural and retroperitoneal).

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