Pressurised air injury in a child.

Indian Pediatr

Pediatric Intensive care Unit, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Egmore, Chennai, India.

Published: August 2011

We report the case of a 7 year old girl, who sustained accidental injury following injection of pressurized air from a bicycle tyre air nozzle. She presented with generalized subcutaneous emphysema along with pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and pneumorra-chis. The child was recovered completely on conservative management.

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