Air in All the Wrong Places.
Extraluminal air can occur through a wide variety of mechanisms. Often, the free air resides in isolated regions including the thorax, the peritoneum, or the mediastinum. We present a pediatric case where there was extensive extraluminal air simultaneously within several regions, one of which has never been reported in the literature.
From the Departments of *Pediatrics, and †Surgery, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD.
Benson S
BS
Hsu
Sarah A
SA
Jones-Sapienza
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000821:virology; D010253:Respirovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*