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has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Cervical Subcutaneous Emphysema; Sequelae from Occult Perforation of Sigmoid Diverticulum

  AUTHORS: Mohammed Choudhury, Michael Vassallo

  KEYWORDS: Subcutaneous, Emphysema, Perforation, Diverticulum

  JOURNAL NAME: International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol.1 No.2, November 30, 2010

  ABSTRACT: Background: An elderly lady presented with dyspnoea due to congestive cardiac failure. She was subsequently noted to have cervi-cal subcutaneous emphysema. Post mortem identified an occult perforation of a sigmoid diverticulum. Cervical subcutaneous em-physema is a recognised complication of gastrointestinal perforation; however, it is normally associated with upper gastrointestinal pathology, procedure related or sequel of existing disease. Summary: A perforated sigmoid diverticulum is a very rare cause of cer-vical subcutaneous emphysema. In this patient, signs and symptoms of peritonism were also late in onset and the location of the per-foration was not found despite high resolution imaging being used.