Cervical emphysema and pneumomediastinum after tonsillectomy: it can happen

Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Feb;128(2):298-300. doi: 10.1067/mhn.2003.25.

Authors

Gino Marioni¹, Cosimo De Filippis, Alberto Tregnaghi, Elena Gaio, Alberto Staffieri

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the Institute of Radiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. g_marioni@virgilio.it

PMID: 12601334
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2003.25

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology*
Neck
Postoperative Complications*
Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tonsillectomy*