Korean J Perinatol.
2006 Sep;17(3):350-352.
A case of Intrapartum Subcutaneous Emphysema After Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery with Vacuum Extraction
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- 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. yoonki@med.yu.ac.kr
Abstract
- A 30-year-old primipara at 41 weeks gestation was admitted with regular labor pain and delivered a healthy male infant without complications except for a 4th degree tear of perineum. Two hours after delivery, she complained of sore throat and developed mild swelling of left side face, neck and upper chest. A chest radiography showed mild subcutaneous emphysema of neck. There was no pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax. She was managed conservatively and discharged without any complication at the 6th postpartum day. We report a rare case of subcutaneous emphysema with a brief review of literatures that presented shortly after vaginal delivery without complications except for a 4th degree perineal tear and resolved without special treatment.
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