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Reimann, R; Jakse, R.
Pneumothorax after mediastinal emphysema. The site and mechanism of pleural rupture.
ACTA ANAT. 1986; 126(2): 115-120. Doi: 10.1159/000146198
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Leading authors Med Uni Graz: Reimann Reinhold
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Abstract:: By rupture of the mediastinal pleura a mediastinal emphysema may lead to a pneumothorax. An experiment imitating this process is able to point out two spots where the pleura is most likely to tear: An area as large as a thumb tip above the root of the left lung; there mediastinal pleura covers a space the width of which changes most in respirating. The border of a fatty fold based on the pericardium and covered by mediastinal pleura; it is there that maxima of tension occur by emphysematic inflation. In general, air from the mediastinum far more often enters the left pleural cavity than the right one.
Find related publications in this database (using NLM MeSH Indexing): Aged -; Biomechanics -; Female -; Humans -; Male -; Mediastinal Emphysema - complications; Middle Aged - complications; Pneumothorax - etiology