Millmond S H, Goldman S M
Department of Radiology, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
J Urol. 1991 Jun;145(6):1271-2. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)38599-3.
A case of pneumoscrotum associated with a chest wall air leak following placement of a chest tube for spontaneous pneumothorax is reported. The patient recovered uneventfully once the air leak surrounding the tube was successfully closed at the entry wound. Two previous cases have described pneumoscrotum occurring after colonoscopy and after diagnostic peritoneoscopy. All 3 (previous and current) cases report the associated development of subcutaneous and retroperitoneal emphysema, which provides a possible etiological mechanism for this entity.
报告了1例因自发性气胸放置胸管后发生阴囊积气并伴有胸壁漏气的病例。一旦胸管周围的漏气在伤口处成功封闭，患者便顺利康复。之前有2例病例描述了结肠镜检查后和诊断性腹腔镜检查后发生阴囊积气的情况。所有3例（之前的和当前的）病例均报告了伴有皮下和腹膜后气肿，这为此类情况提供了一种可能的病因机制。
