title: A case of black magic.
abstract: The authors present the case of a 64-year-old woman who presented with massive subcutaneous emphysema 2 weeks after unknowingly inhaling a Brazil nut. Foreign body inhalation should be a differential diagnosis in all such patients, with computed tomography scanning of the chest being the most appropriate investigation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, West Midlands. gwynsamuelwilliams@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Gwyn Samuel
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.forename: Talvinder
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Moninder
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bhabra
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D001995:Bronchography; D002182:Candy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D008875:Middle Aged; D009754:Nuts; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed