BACKGROUND Blow-out fracture of the orbit is a common injury. However, not many cases are associated with massive subcutaneous emphysema. Even fewer cases are caused by minor trauma or are associated with barotrauma to the orbit due to sneezing, coughing, or vomiting. The authors present a case of blow-out fracture complicated by extensive subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema that occurred wi...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly around the world and many studies have shown these typical rare atypical findings, such as transient pneumothorax, spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SP), well emphysema subcutaneous during hospitalization. This is case in a 56-year-old woman with COVID-19, who presented hospitalization, of low abundance. As her clinic worsened dyspnea impaired...

Introduction Pneumomediastinum otherwise known as mediastinal emphysema refers to the presence of air within the mediastinum while subcutaneous emphysema refers to the presence of air in the subcutaneous tissue and this may involve the face, neck or trunk [1]. The term, pneumomediastinum, was introduced into medical literature by Hamman in 1939[2]. Both conditions are relatively uncommon but im...