title: Spontaneous subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema--a complication of lung function tests in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
abstract: A case is described of subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema developing as a complication of lung function tests in an immunocompromised patient with presumed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, Plymouth General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: MacLeod
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Tyrell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011020:Pneumonia, Pneumocystis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011859:Radiography; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*