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Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 71-74 , March 2008

Spontaneous air in the retropharyngeal space presenting with hypoxemia and neck pain in a child with neuroblastoma: A case report

Received 3 September 2007 ,Accepted 30 October 2007.

Strip of air on soft tissue X-ray neck on admission.

Strip of air on soft tissue X-ray neck on admission.
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CT soft tissue neck confirming pneumomediastinum as a source of retropharyngeal air.

CT soft tissue neck confirming pneumomediastinum as a source of retropharyngeal air.
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Continued air in the mediastinum despite resolution of symptoms and retropharyngeal air.

Continued air in the mediastinum despite resolution of symptoms and retropharyngeal air.
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Near complete resolution of retropharyngeal air in 6 weeks.

Near complete resolution of retropharyngeal air in 6 weeks.
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