Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum on Bedside Ultrasound: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare disease process with no clear etiology, although it is thought to be related to changes in intrathoracic pressure causing chest pain and dyspnea. We present a case of a 17-year-old male with acute chest pain evaluated initially by bedside ultrasound, which sho...

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Autores principales: Zachariah, Sybil, Gharahbaghian, Laleh, Perera, Phillips, Joshi, Nikita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2015
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Diagnostic Acumen
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4380390/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25834681
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.1.24514
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author Zachariah, Sybil
Gharahbaghian, Laleh
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description Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare disease process with no clear etiology, although it is thought to be related to changes in intrathoracic pressure causing chest pain and dyspnea. We present a case of a 17-year-old male with acute chest pain evaluated initially by bedside ultrasound, which showed normal lung sliding but poor visualization of the parasternal and apical cardiac views due to significant air artifact, representing air in the thoracic cavity. The diagnosis was later verified by chest radiograph. We present a case report on ultrasound-diagnosed pneumomediastinum, and we review the diagnostic modalities to date.
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spelling pubmed-43803902015-04-01 Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum on Bedside Ultrasound: Case Report and Review of the Literature Zachariah, Sybil Gharahbaghian, Laleh Perera, Phillips Joshi, Nikita West J Emerg Med Diagnostic Acumen Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare disease process with no clear etiology, although it is thought to be related to changes in intrathoracic pressure causing chest pain and dyspnea. We present a case of a 17-year-old male with acute chest pain evaluated initially by bedside ultrasound, which showed normal lung sliding but poor visualization of the parasternal and apical cardiac views due to significant air artifact, representing air in the thoracic cavity. The diagnosis was later verified by chest radiograph. We present a case report on ultrasound-diagnosed pneumomediastinum, and we review the diagnostic modalities to date. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2015-03 2015-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4380390/ /pubmed/25834681 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2015.1.24514 Text en Copyright © 2015 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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title_short Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum on Bedside Ultrasound: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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