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A large volume of emphysema in subcutaneous tissue, the neck planes, peritracheal, and periesophageal spaces.
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The CT showed the subcutaneous emphysema of the neck and the chest wall along with a large volume of air (Figures 1 and 2).
The emphysema of chest wall extended to mediastinum and both axillae.
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The CT showed the subcutaneous emphysema of the neck and the chest wall along with a large volume of air (Figures 1 and 2).
The presence of pneumopericardium, large epidural pneumatosis, air in perihumeral region, and prevertebral pneumatosis without pneumothorax.
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The emphysema extended to both axillae, even the perihumeral region and along the precervical and anterolateral cervical soft tissues (Figure 3).
Extensive pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, large epidural pneumatosis, and retropharyngeal-prevertebral pneumatosis.
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The CT also showed extensive pneumomediastinum, the presence of pneumopericardium, large epidural pneumatosis, retropharyngeal-prevertebral pneumatosis, and air in paraesophageal spaces without pneumothorax (Figure 4).