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The Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volume 12, Issue 5, September–October 1994, Pages 603-605
The Journal of Emergency Medicine

Clinical communication
Pneumoscrotum after blunt chest trauma

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Abstract

A case of pneumoscrotum after a suicide jump with blunt chest trauma and chest tube placement is reported. Pneumoscrotum itself has little clinical importance, but it is essential for the clinician to determine the origin of the air, and a careful search for the source of air is necessary. Three possible routes of air in the pneumoscrotum are reviewed. Many reported cases, including this case, had a cause distant from the pelvis: air dissected subcutaneously to the scrotum because of pneumothorax, tube thoracostomy, and air leak combined with ventilatory resuscitation efforts.

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