Pneumo-Mediastinum in Labour

Spontaneous pneumo-mediastinum in systemic sclerosis a case report.

ment [4–6]. This prevalence is high if we consider that only 5–10% of WG patients were shown to have CNS disease in large cohorts [6]. Therefore, ANCA-negative WG may hide remarkable CNS involvement [5]. In our patient, WG initially presented as a systemic disease and C-ANCA (anti-PR3) tested positive using routine IIF and direct-ELISA. At the time WG relapsed with upper airway tract and mening...

Pneumo-thorax/mediastinum/(retro)peritoneum/ scrotum – a full house of complications following JET ventilation

We present a patient who presented to our clinic with airway obstruction secondary to oropharygeal cancer. He underwent emergent tracheostomy with JET ventilation, the latter resulting in a "full house" of barotraumatic complications including pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumoperitoneum, pneumoretroperitoneum and pneumo-scrotum. Free air, while sometimes dramatic as in our case, need not ...

Cervico-Facial Soft Tissue Emphysema with Pneumo-Mediastinum Following Endoscopic Sinus Surgery: A Dilemma of Related or Unrelated Complication

We present a rare and unusual complication of cervico-facial soft tissue emphysema with pneumo-mediastinum which occurred in a 30-year-old female Jordanian patient in our hospital in October 2010 in Abu Dhabi following FESS. CT scan evaluation of aero-digestive tract in the immediate post-operative period was done to ascertain the cause pertaining to any surgical trauma or anaesthesia related c...

Spontaneous Pneumo-Peritoneum

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis and Pneumo-Vena Cava

A 38-year-old woman with insulin-dependent diabetes reported four-days of flank pain, dysuria, polyuria and urinary urgency. Vital signs included blood pressure 113/70mmHg, heart rate 135/min, respiratory rate 24/min, and temperature 102.5 ̊F. Exam revealed right cerebral vascular accident and suprapubic tenderness without guarding or rebound. Significant laboratory evaluations included a leukoc...