title: Pneumomediastinum: retroperitoneal pathway.
abstract: This is the first in vivo demonstration of the pathway of the gaseous column arising from an intra-abdominal source, traveling in the retroperitoneal space alongside the great vessels into the mediastinum, resulting in a pneumomediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Saint Vincent Hospital, Bridgeport, USA.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lustberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid; D004241:Diverticulum, Colon / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012188:Retropneumoperitoneum / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D013396:Suction; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed