Extraction of third molars is the most common surgical procedure performed in oral surgery on a daily basis and, despite surgical skills and expertise, complications may occur. Complications observed during or after third molar removal may include pain, swelling, bleeding, infection, sinus perforation and nerve damage. Fortunately, with a proper management and a good surgical technique, the inc...

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a relatively rare benign condition. It may rarely be associated with one or combination of pneumothorax, epidural pneumatosis, pneumopericardium, or subcutaneous emphysema. We present a unique case with four of the radiological findings in a 9-year-old male child who presented to our emergency department with his parents with complaints of unproductive cough, dy...

CASE REPORT. A man, aged 28 years, developed an attack of asthma on 8th October, 1955. He had been subject to asthmatic attacks from early infancy. The attacks had been recurring with decreasing frequency, and the previous severe attack was five years previously. Treatment at home failed to relieve his symptoms, and he was admitted to hospital on 12th October, 1955. On examination, he was in ac...

OBJECTIVE To characterize clinical features of tracheal rupture associated with endotracheal intubation in cats and to evaluate the most appropriate treatment for this condition. DESIGN Retrospective study. ANIMALS 20 cats with a history of endotracheal intubation that subsequently developed dyspnea or subcutaneous emphysema. PROCEDURE Medical records of cats with a presumptive diagnosis ...

A patient under our care underwent percutaneous transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy of a right upper lobe cavitating lesion of the lung. His clinical state and data on studies of pulmonary function precluded thoracotomy. Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination had not yielded a diagnosis. The diagnosis before and after the procedure was that of a cavitating epidermoid carcinoma. Immedi...

Tracheostomy can lead to various complications, one of which is ectopic air in different compartments the body. Here, we present a rare case tracheostomy-induced air: combination subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and pneumoperitoneum. This also presents literature review on some common mechanisms responsible for pneumomediastinum following tracheostomy mechanism pneumoperitoneum pneumo...

We describe a rare case of a patient with colonic diverticular perforation manifested only by subcutaneous emphysema of the neck, chest, and abdomen, as visualized by a computed tomography (CT) scan. The 76-year-old female patient with a history of internal diseases was urgently admitted to the Clinic of Internal Diseases due to a urinary tract infection. During the hospitalization, further dia...

W hile the laparoscopic approach to surgery is not new, its application has expanded tremendously within the past decade. Initially used as early as 1937 for gynecological procedures, it now is also a preferred method of approach in many general, urologic, and thoracic procedures. Examples of these procedures include tubal ligation, chromopertubation study, cholecystectomy, esophageal fundoplic...