PMC5986159_01
CT chest revealing subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum.
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CT of head and spine was unremarkable for fractures or spinal cord injury. CT chest revealed extensive pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema along the entire thorax into the neck and tracking along the retroperitoneum down to the level of the iliac crests (Fig. 1), as well as small bilateral pneumothoraces (Fig. 2).