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case_images: Chest radiograph showing bilateral peripheral opacities in the lung fields, bilateral pneumothorax, and subcutaneous emphysema.
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case_images: His chest X-ray showed bilateral peripheral opacities in the lung fields, bilateral pneumothorax, and subcutaneous emphysema (Figure 1), after which intercostal drainage tubes (ICD) were inserted.
case_images: Axial CT image with HRCT window showing extensive subcutaneous emphysema in the chest wall on both sides and extensive air foci seen in the mediastinum.
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case_images: Extensive pneumomediastinum was also dissected through the fat planes (Figures 2 and 3).
case_images: Coronal HRCT window image showing air foci extending above the root of the aorta into the neck region suggestive of pneumomediastinum.
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case_images: Extensive pneumomediastinum was also dissected through the fat planes (Figures 2 and 3).