Mediastinal Emphysema with Electrocardiogram Abnormality

Acute Mediastinal Emphysema with Generalized Emphysema

Mediastinal Emphysema

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...

Nontraumatic mediastinal emphysema in childhood.

This condition has been described as occurring in both adults and children and is probably uncommon rather than rare. There are few recorded cases in the British paediatric literature, but in discussion of the subject with colleagues occasional instances in children have been mentioned. In the absence of the associated subcutaneous emphysema the mediastinal collection of air is likely to be ove...

Congenital Lobar Emphysema with Cystic Lung Abnormality: Antenatal Ultrasound Appearance

A 33-year-old woman at 23 weeks of gestational age was referred for consultation due to the findings of a cyst in the right lung of the fetus. Prenatal ultrasound showed a 3 cm-sized hypoechogenic cyst, suggesting congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation. As the cyst grew and compressed the heart, serial cyst aspirations were performed. The cyst was proved to be congenital lobar emphysema on ...