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Epidural emphysema and pneumoscrotum caused by bronchial foreign body aspiration  

Kim, Dong-Yeon (Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Choi, Woo-Yeon (Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Cho, Young-Kuk (Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Ma, Jae-Sook (Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam National University Medical School)
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Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics / v.50, no.8, 2007 , pp. 785-788 More about this Journal
Abstract
Epidural emphysema and pneumoscrotum with subcutaneous emphysema are rare in a child past the neonatal period. Their most common causes are bronchial asthma and respiratory infection. Here, we report an 18-month-old boy who was presented with severe air leak, consisting of epidural emphysema, pneumoscrotum, subcutaneous emphysema, and pneumomediastinum, complicated by a bronchial foreign body. The air leak was resolved dramatically after removing the foreign body.
Keywords
Foreign body; Emphysema; Epidural space; Pneumoscrotum; Children;
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