[Diagnostic image (134). A woman with a crepitating arm. Post trauma emphysema].
A 35-year-old woman presented with extensive subcutaneous emphysema caused by trapping of air by valve-like wound edges after a minor trauma of her right olecranon.
van den Bogaert
D P M
DP
Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Rotterdam. d.vandenbogaert@erasmusmc.nl
Rietveld
A P
AP
D000328:Adult; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy