Pneumomediastinum and cervicofacial emphysema following a nasally obstructed sneeze

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 355-357

  Tewfik, Marc A ^a   Al Qahtani, Khalid ^a   Payne, Richard J ^a   Frenkiel, Saul ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNEEZING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FACE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; NECK; SNEEZING; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751213361     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2005.0119     Document Type: Article

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