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. 2021 Jan 15;203(2):237–238. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202008-3376IM

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Figure 1. — Chest radiographs from five patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) acute respiratory distress syndrome who developed pneumomediastinum. (A) A 55-year-old man with pneumomediastinum (arrows) and pneumopericardium. (B) A 58-year-old man with pneumomediastinum and significant pneumopericardium (arrow). (C) A 43-year-old man with extensive subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum. (D) A 54-year-old man with pneumomediastinum and extensive subcutaneous emphysema notable in right axilla and across right chest wall. (E) A 61-year-old man with pneumomediastinum and significant supraclavicular subcutaneous emphysema (arrows). This patient had evidence of pneumomediastinum 24 hours before endotracheal intubation. L = left.