Subcutaneous emphysema is when air or gas gets under your skin tissue. Although this condition commonly occurs in the tissue of the neck or chest wall, it can develop in other body parts. A smooth ...

THE purpose of this paper is to report a case of mediastinal, subcutaneous and probable subpericardial emphysema treated by recompression, with subsequent recovery. On February 11, 1958, a 19-year-old ...

A nine-year-old girl presented to the emergency department in the fall of 2009 with a one-week history of cough, neck swelling, sore throat and mild diarrhea, but no fever or vomiting. She had a ...

Cervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema is an uncommon but clinically significant condition in which air is inadvertently forced into the soft tissues of the face and neck during dental procedures. This ...

Surgical emphysema is another term for subcutaneous emphysema. It occurs when air or gas enters the subcutaneous tissue, which is the deepest layer of the skin. People can develop surgical emphysema ...