Pneumomediastinum, pneumoperitoneum, and pneumoretroperitoneum caused by Escherichia coli retroperitoneal abscess in a diabetic patient

Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2019 Apr;35(4):246-247. doi: 10.1002/kjm2.12047. Epub 2019 Mar 19.

Authors

Che-Yu Su¹, Chun-Hsien Chen¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

PMID: 30887734
DOI: 10.1002/kjm2.12047

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging
Abscess / microbiology*
Diabetes Mellitus / microbiology*
Escherichia coli / physiology*
Female
Humans
Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Emphysema / microbiology*
Middle Aged
Peritoneum / diagnostic imaging
Peritoneum / microbiology*
Peritoneum / pathology*
Pneumoperitoneum / complications
Pneumoperitoneum / diagnostic imaging
Pneumoperitoneum / microbiology*
Retropneumoperitoneum / complications
Retropneumoperitoneum / diagnostic imaging
Retropneumoperitoneum / microbiology*