Surgical emphysema: a novel complication of aural exostosis surgery

J Laryngol Otol. 1994 Jun;108(6):490-1. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100127185.

Abstract

We present the case of a 40-year-old male Caucasian patient who developed surgical emphysema of the neck five weeks after surgery for exostoses of the external auditory canal. Imaging of the temporal bone demonstrated that the surgery had resulted in entry into the temporomandibular joint. A mechanism is proposed for this novel complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ear Canal / diagnostic imaging
  • Ear Canal / surgery*
  • Ear Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Ear Diseases / surgery
  • Exostoses / diagnostic imaging
  • Exostoses / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications* / diagnostic imaging
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed