Mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema caused by perforating sigmoid cancer. Case report.

  • 1 September 1988
    • journal article
    • case report
    • Vol. 154  (9) , 541-2
Abstract
A case of mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema due to perforation of a sigmoid cancer is presented. Sudden deterioration and development of subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema in a chronically ill patient with equivocal abdominal signs should alert the examiner to the possibility of retroperitoneal gastrointestinal perforation.

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