title: Pneumomediastinum following high pressure air injection to the hand.
abstract: We present the case of a patient who developed pneumomediastinum after high pressure air injection to the hand. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of pneumomediastinum where the gas injection site was the thenar eminence. Fortunately the patient recovered with conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth. getjimkennedy@gmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harrington
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D000388:Air; D003646:Debridement; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D011312:Pressure; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*