[Diagnostic image (371). A man with a swollen face].
A 65-year-old man with a history of recurrent pneumothorax and bullous emphysema presented with acute dyspnoea and a swollen face due to subcutaneous emphysema.
van der Linde
N A J
NA
Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, afd. Longziekten, Rotterdam. n.vanderlinde@sfg.nl
Braunstahl
G J
GJ
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications*; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications*; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*