Abstract Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare disorder, secondary to lung over-inflation. Patients with this disorder have dyspnea, chest pain, and subcutaneous emphysema. Treatment consists of analgesia, rest, oxygen therapy, management the underlying condition. Being we present two cases exacerbated asthma complicated spontaneous emphysema as part an air leak syndrome. A 2-year-old child a...

The purpose is to report extensive emphysema resulting from a common procedure in oral surgery. Surgical emphysema developed in a 23-year-old female after removal of a mandible third molar using a high-speed dental hand-piece. The patient was maintained in hospital room and submitted to a medical protocol with antibiotic treatment. Surgical emphysema is an uncommon but potentially serious compl...

Subcutaneous and tissue space emphysema following surgical extraction of mandibular third molars is a rare and serious complication of dental surgery. Recognition of mediastinal emphysema following surgical extraction is difficult because there are no absolute clinical symptoms and signs. We present two cases of emphysema following extraction of a lower third molar and discuss the contribution ...

Surgical emphysema of the larynx is rare in the absence of trauma and there are a paucity of case reports that describe such conditions. We present what we believe to be an unusual, atraumatic mechanism for mucosal breech of the larynx with subsequent surgical emphysema. Nasendoscopy revealed oedema of the arytenoid cartilage and computed tomography revealed moderate subcutaneous emphysema of t...

Patients breathless from chronic lung disease present a serious problem in morbidity and mortality in Britain, the U.S.A., and other countries with a temperate climate (Fletcher and Tinker, 1961 ; Bower, 1961). For their successful treatment it is essential to determine how much obstruction there is to the air-flow from their lungs and to try to find the cause of this obstruction, whether it be...

A 75-year-old female non-smoker was admitted for investigation of suspected interstitial lung disease. A left lower lobe transbronchial lung biopsy was performed, complicated by suspected bilateral pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum and surgical emphysema (fig 1). Bilateral intercostal catheters (ICCs) were inserted. In view of the ongoing air leak and worsening surgical emphysema, a CT chest wa...