title: Mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema caused by perforating sigmoid cancer. Case report.
abstract: A case of mediastinal and subcutaneous cervical emphysema due to perforation of a sigmoid cancer is presented. Sudden deterioration and development of subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema in a chronically ill patient with equivocal abdominal signs should alert the examiner to the possibility of retroperitoneal gastrointestinal perforation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery 1, Kommunehospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krasheninnikoff
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Duus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*