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(Chest. 1953;23:397-402.)
© 1953 American College of Chest Physicians

Mediastinal Emphysema Following Tonsillectomy

JACOB J. SILVERMAN M.D.1; THEODORE J. TALBOT M.D., F.C.C.P.1; and ROBERT W. McCLEAN M.D.1

1 The Medical and Surgical services of the Staten Island Hospital, Staten Island, New York.

1) Mediastinal emphysema, complicating a routine tonsillectomy, in an emotionally disturbed child is reported.

2) The mechanism of mediastinal emphysema is discussed, and the role of emotional influences contributing to the mechanism is described.






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