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Images in emergency medicine
Subcutaneous emphysema and tension pneumomediastinum
  1. Federica Stella1,
  2. Edoardo Rossi2,
  3. Franco Tosato2
  1. 1 Dipartimento di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
  2. 2 Dipartimento di Emergenza ed Accettazione, Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Padova, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Federica Stella, Dipartimento di Medicina, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy; fede.stella{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-202093

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    • Contributors FS, ER and FT equally contributed to the planning, conduct and reporting of the case report. FS is responsible for the overall content as guarantor.

    • Funding None.

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.