Case Report
Retropharyngeal air and pneumomediastinum: a rare complication of influenza A and asthma in an adult,☆☆

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MN, AR, and JJ researched the case; MN and JJ drafted the manuscript; and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. JJ takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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