Localizing the air vents: functional imaging-guided diagnosis in extensive multilocal subcutaneous emphysema

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Nov;6(6):1115-6. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000592.

Authors

David Duncker¹, Gernot Beutel, Thorben König, Marcus Krüger, Cathleen Haense, Georg Berding, Astrid Breitbart, Johann Bauersachs, Frank M Bengel, Bernhard Schieffer, Carolin Zwadlo

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Department of Haematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation, and Vascular Surgery, and Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

PMID: 24254481
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000592

No abstract available

Keywords: subcutaneous emphysema; tomography, X-ray computed; tomography, emission-computed, single-photon.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lung Injury / complications*
Lung Injury / diagnosis
Pacemaker, Artificial / adverse effects*
Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnosis*
Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*