Blunt traumatic pneumomediastinum: Using CT to reveal the Macklin effect

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-130

  Wintermark, M ^a   Wicky, S ^a   Schnyder, P ^a   Capasso, P ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY SCALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032930570     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.1.9888752     Document Type: Article

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