Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema after dental extraction detected incidentally by regular medical checkup: a case report

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Arai, Ikuko ^a   Aoki, Takayuki ^a   Yamazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Ota, Yoshihide ^a   Kaneko, Akihiro ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INSTRUMENTATION; MOLAR TOOTH; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADULT; DENTAL HIGH-SPEED EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; MOLAR, THIRD; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 62849119491     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2008.12.019     Document Type: Article

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