A Case of Spontaneous Mediastinal Emphysema with Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema.

OBJECTIVE Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema is uncommon. Its cause has not been determined precisely, but the entity is usually associated with suddenly raised alveolar pressure. METHODS Between 1980 and 2001, 114 patients with mediastinal emphysema of various causes were hospitalized in the Wolfson Medical Center. In 22 of these patients (19.3%) the emphysema occurred without an obvious prec...

A case of spontaneous cervical and mediastinal emphysema.

Subcutaneous cervical and mediastinal emphysema usually can occurs as a result of surgery or trauma. Spontaneous cervical subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum, occurring in the absence of previous disorders or provocating factors, is very rare. The following case report of spontaneous cervical and mediastinal emphysema is assumed to be the first of its kind in Korea. The patient has bee...

Spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax in a patient with mediastinal enlargement.

A case of spontaneous pneumothorax complicating gnathostomiasis.

Infections with larvae and immature adults of the nematode Gnathostoma spinigerum, acquired by eating raw fish, are of frequent occurrence in Eastern countries:’ in Thailand recurrent migratory cutaneous swellings are usually pathognomonic of this infection. The parasites have been observed emerging from the skin,2 and from natural openings such as the vagina and urethral orifice. Some have bee...

A Case of Spontaneous Extracranial Epidural Emphysema

OBJECTIVE To report a rare case of spontaneous extracranial epidural emphysema. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION An 18-year-old woman with a recent diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus presented with acute onset of cough, dyspnea and subcutaneous emphysema. An esophageal endoscopy revealed an ulcerative lesion in the upper third of the esophagus that was diagnosed as sq...