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case_images: chest CT scan: axial view showing pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema
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case_images: F1
case_images: An urgent chest CT scan was requested (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3) which revealed a pneumomediastinum, a patulous oedematous oesophagus with an area of discontinuity about 2cm to the gastroesophageal junction (Figure 3). There was also right cervical subcutaneous emphysema (Figure 1).
case_images: chest CT scan: axial view showing pneumomediastinum and a thin rim of pneumothorax
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case_images: F2
case_images: An urgent chest CT scan was requested (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3) which revealed a pneumomediastinum, a patulous oedematous oesophagus with an area of discontinuity about 2cm to the gastroesophageal junction (Figure 3).
case_images: chest CT scan: coronal view showing air pneumomediastinum and discontinuity in the oesophageal wall about 2cm from the gastroesophageal junction
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case_images: F3
case_images: An urgent chest CT scan was requested (Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3) which revealed a pneumomediastinum, a patulous oedematous oesophagus with an area of discontinuity about 2cm to the gastroesophageal junction (Figure 3).
case_images: barium swallow (eighth day) anteroposterior and lateral views showing no barium spillage from the oesophagus
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case_images: F4
case_images: He had a barium swallow on day 7 of admission which did not show any leakage from the oesophagus (Figure 4).