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Miscellanea
Images in paediatrics
Rare case of spontaneous simultaneous extensive subcutaneous emphysema, bilateral pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum and pneumorrhachis
  1. Chia Huan Ng1,
  2. Thomas Walwyn1,2,
  3. Craig Gibson3,
  4. Nicholas Gottardo1,4
  1. 1 Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology/Haematology, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
  2. 2 School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  3. 3 Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
  4. 4 Brain Tumour Research Programme, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
  1. Correspondence to Dr Nicholas Gottardo, Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology/Haematology, Perth Children's Hospital, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia; nick.gottardo{at}health.wa.gov.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319189

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    • Contributors CHN wrote the initial manuscript. CG provided input on the images. TW and NG were involved in the care of the patient and in the preparation of the final manuscript.

    • Funding NGG is supported by the Cancer Council of Western Australia Research Fellowship.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.