Subcutaneous emphysema pathophysiology
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Overview
Pathophysiology
Air is able to travel to the soft tissues of the neck from the mediastinum and the retroperitoneum (the space behind the abdominal cavity) because these areas are connected by fascial planes.[1] From the punctured lungs or airways, the air travels up the perivascular sheaths and into the mediastinum, from which it can enter the subcutaneous tissues.[2] Spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema is thought to result from increased pressures in the lung that cause alveoli to rupture.[3]In spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema, air travels from the ruptured alveoli into the interstitium and along the blood vessels of the lung, into the mediastinum and from there into the tissues of the neck or head.[3]
References
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Maunder RJ, Pierson DJ, Hudson LD (1984). "Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema. Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management". Arch. Intern. Med. 144 (7): 1447–53. PMID 6375617. Unknown parameter
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Findlay CA, Morrissey S, Paton JY (2003). "Subcutaneous emphysema secondary to foreign-body aspiration". Pediatric Pulmonology. 36 (1): 81–82. doi:10.1002/ppul.10295. PMID 12772230. Unknown parameter
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Parker GS, Mosborg DA, Foley RW, Stiernberg CM (1990). "Spontaneous cervical and mediastinal emphysema". Laryngoscope. 100 (9): 938–940. PMID 2395401. Unknown parameter
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