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Pneumomediastinum.
Pneumomediastinum is a condition in which air is present in the mediastinum. This condition can result from physical trauma or other situations that lead to air escaping from the lungs, airways or bowel into the chest cavity. Pneumomediastinum is a rare situation and occurs when air leaks into the mediastinum. The diagnosis can be confirmed via chest X-ray or CT scanning of the thorax. The main...
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A 17-year-old white female presented to the emergency department with chest pain 12 h after ingesting four pills of phentermine (Adipex®). She complained of retrosternal chest pain radiating into her neck with inspiration. Medical history was unremarkable, and she denied any other medications or illicit drug use. Vital signs were normal with 100% pulse oximetry. Physical examination revealed no...
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A 23-year-old male presented to the emergency department (ED) with sore throat, chest pain and shortness of breath that started two days prior to his arrival and gradually increased in severity. Other symptoms included pleuritic chest pain, back pain, dysphagia, odynophagia and general air hunger. The patient denied any history of trauma or similar symptoms. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) ...
متن کاملSpontaneous pneumomediastinum.
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, or Hamman's syndrome, is a rare condition which may present with the symptoms of chest pain, dyspnoea, dysphagia, or neck pain. The signs of subcutaneous emphysema and Hamman's crunch (the presence of a crepitance sound that varies with the heartbeat on auscultation of the precordium) are usually present. A case of this syndrome occurring in an elderly patient wit...
متن کامل[Spontaneous pneumomediastinum].
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a presence of free air in the mediastinum without previous injury and without previously known lung disease. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is infrequent and little known by physicians. Authors present a case report of three young men with spontaneous pneumomediastinum. There was no evident causation in two cases. In one case there was previous excessive sport ac...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Permanente Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1552-5767,1552-5775
DOI: 10.7812/tpp/11-021