Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in 33 patients: Yield of chest computed tomography for the diagnosis of the mild type

Respiration

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 408-411

  Kaneki, Toshimichi ^a   Kubo, Keishi ^a   Kawashima, Akira ^a   Koizumi, Tomonobu ^a   Sekiguchi, Morie ^a   Sone, Shusuke ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chest x ray; Computed tomography, chest; Mild type; Pneumomediastinum, spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 0033848722     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029539     Document Type: Article

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