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Subcutaneous Emphysema and Pneumomediastinum after Inhaling Pepper Spray Cover

Subcutaneous Emphysema and Pneumomediastinum after Inhaling Pepper Spray

Open Access
|Jan 2016

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Figure A

Anteroposterior (AP) chest radiograph demonstrating diffuse subcutaneous emphysema (solid white arrow), a small pneumothorax in both apical lung fields (solid black arrowheads) and air outlining the thoracic aorta (hollow white arrow), the bronchial branches (hollow black arrowhead), both sides of the diaphragm (hollow black arrow) and both kidneys (solid black arrow).

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Figure B

Lateral chest radiograph showing a well-defined lucency surrounding the right pulmonary artery, also known as the ring around the artery sign (solid black arrow).

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Figure C

CT of the chest confirming a pneumomediastinum (hollow black arrowhead, hollow black arrow and hollow white arrow) associated with diffuse subcutaneous emphysema (solid white arrow), pneumo(retro)peritoneum (solid black arrow) and pneumothorax (solid black arrowhead).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.988 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Published on: Jan 28, 2016
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2016 Sofie Woussen, Marc Lemmerling, André Verstraeten, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.