The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology
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Case Reports
Tracheocele: a rare cause of difficult endotracheal intubation and subsequent pneumomediastinum.
A case is described in which accidental perforation of a tracheocele caused by endotracheal intubation resulted in a postoperative pneumomediastinum. The tracheocele, an extremely rare finding in clinical anaesthesia, was confirmed radiologically and for the first time demonstrated by computed tomography.