title: [Soft tissue emphysema as manifestation of perforating diverticulitis].
abstract: Pronounced soft-tissue emphysema expressing disseminated fecal abscess formation in perforated colonic diverticulitis is described. Cervical, mediastinal, and thoracic dissemination and involvement of the scrotal space and the thigh reveal the original retroperitoneal localization as well as the unusual but potential dissemination. The diagnostic methods are described.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Röntgendiagnostik und Nuklearmedizin, Städtisches Krankenhaus Zehlendorf, örtlicher Bereich Behring.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Andresen
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banzer
mesh_terms: D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed