mediastinal crunch

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mediastinal crunch

Medtalk A substernal crepitance, often synchronous with the heartbeat, caused by percolation of air into the mediastinum–emphysema–eg, due to tracheal perforation or due to expansion of gas in rapid ascent in scuba divers. See Mediastinal emphysema.

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crunch mediastinal emphysema			On examination, mediastinal crunch sounds (Hamman sign) can be heard. Successful treatment for a delay-diagnosed esophageal perforation ... by Wang, Liang-Tsai; Lee, Shih-Chun; Tzao, Ching; Chang, Hung; Cheng, Yeung-Leung / Southern Medical Journal When the heart beats against air-filled tissues, mediastinal crunch (Hamman's sign) can be heard. Esophageal perforation and mediastinitis from fish bone ingestion. ... by Rosson, Robert S. / Southern Medical Journal			median atlantoaxial joint median bar of Mercier median basilic vein median cephalic vein median cleft facial syndrome median effective dose median glossitis median groove of tongue median jaw relation median lethal dose median line median longitudinal raphe of tongue median nerve Median Nerve Dysfunction median palatine suture median plane median rhinoscopy median rhomboid glossitis median sacral vein median sternotomy median toxic dose median vein medianus mediastina mediastinal mediastinal crunch mediastinal cyst mediastinal emphysema mediastinal fibrosis mediastinal space mediastinal tumor mediastinal vein mediastinitis mediastinography mediastinopericarditis mediastinoscope mediastinoscopy mediastinotomy mediastinum mediastinum testis mediate mediate auscultation mediate percussion mediated transport mediation mediation intervention Medic Medic Alert medica medicable Medicago			Medians of a triangle Medians of a triangle Medians of a triangle mediant mediant mediants mediants medianus Mediaplayer Mediaplayers MediArchive mediary Medias Medias Medias Medias Medias Medias Medias reas Medias reas mediastina mediastina mediastina mediastinal mediastinal mediastinal mediastinal abscess mediastinal abscess mediastinal abscess Mediastinal Clear-Cell Lymphoma mediastinal crunch mediastinal cyst mediastinal cyst Mediastinal diseases Mediastinal diseases Mediastinal diseases mediastinal emphysema mediastinal emphysema mediastinal emphysema mediastinal fibrosis mediastinal fibrosis mediastinal fibrosis mediastinal flutter mediastinal flutter mediastinal flutter mediastinal flutter Mediastinal germ cell tumor Mediastinal Gray Zone Lymphomas Mediastinal Large B-Cell Lymphoma Mediastinal Large Cell Lymphoma with Sclerosis Mediastinal Lymph Node Mediastinal Lymph Node Cells mediastinal lymph node enlargement mediastinal lymph node enlargement mediastinal lymph node sampling Mediastinal Lymph-Node Dissection mediastinal neoplasm mediastinal neoplasm Mediastinal Nonseminomatous Germ Cell Tumors mediastinal shift mediastinal shift

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