We describe a 4-year-old girl with asthma who presented with pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium and subcutaneous emphysema. She was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea, chest pain, palpitation and cough of two days duration. She had attacks of cough, dyspnea and wheezing from two years of age, but she did not have a diagnosis of asthma previously. She was dyspneic and had subcutaneous emphy...

An 11-year-old female presented to the emergency department with fever of 1 day’s duration and sore throat. Her family described a 3-week history of cough with fever, trouble breathing, and wheezing. Her medical history included panhypopituitarism and asthma, and she was receiving steroid replacement therapy. She had recently undergone a dental extraction. Examination showed a temperature of 39...

External trauma to the larynx is rare with an incidence of 1/30 000. It usually presents in young adult males, after traffic or sports accidents. The presence of pneumomediastinum and/or pneumopericardium is a rare condition which may occur after a laryngeal trauma, secondary to the Valsalva effect in the airways caused by a coughing fit, deep breathing, nausea or vomiting. Minor dehiscence of ...

TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Fellow Case Reports INTRODUCTION: We present a rare case of cardiac tamponade and suppurative pericarditis with large pneumopericardium following an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), which diagnosed esophageal fistula. CASE PRESENTATION: 59-year-old female mesothelioma treated left pleurodesis-decortication, radiation chemotherapy presented for EGD to work-up several ...

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Neonatal pneumopericardium (PPC) is a rare form of neonatal air leak syndrome with high morbidity and mortality. Air leak syndrome in the newborn is usually associated with active resuscitation, respiratory distress syndrome, meconium aspiration syndrome, mechanical ventilation, or trauma associated with labour. Neonatal PPC can be associated with other air leak syndromes such as pneumomediasti...