Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Cocaine Insufflation

A 25-year-old man presents to the ED for unresponsiveness after consuming cocaine and other unknown substances. Chest imaging from the presentation was unremarkable, but after developing fever and leukocytosis, he underwent extensive work-up in search of infectious foci. A CT scan of the chest showe...

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Autores principales: Molina, Guarina, Contreras, Rafael, Coombes, Kyle, Barbery, Matthew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10153765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37143856
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38392
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description A 25-year-old man presents to the ED for unresponsiveness after consuming cocaine and other unknown substances. Chest imaging from the presentation was unremarkable, but after developing fever and leukocytosis, he underwent extensive work-up in search of infectious foci. A CT scan of the chest showed a small pneumomediastinum and the possibility of an esophageal tear. After recovering consciousness and the ability to recount events, the patient admitted to the concomitant use of cocaine and opiates via insufflation.
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spelling pubmed-101537652023-05-03 Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of Cocaine Insufflation Molina, Guarina Contreras, Rafael Coombes, Kyle Barbery, Matthew Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery A 25-year-old man presents to the ED for unresponsiveness after consuming cocaine and other unknown substances. Chest imaging from the presentation was unremarkable, but after developing fever and leukocytosis, he underwent extensive work-up in search of infectious foci. A CT scan of the chest showed a small pneumomediastinum and the possibility of an esophageal tear. After recovering consciousness and the ability to recount events, the patient admitted to the concomitant use of cocaine and opiates via insufflation. Cureus 2023-05-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10153765/ /pubmed/37143856 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38392 Text en Copyright © 2023, Molina et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10153765/
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