Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in young women: Comparison between anorexia nervosa and nonanorexic patients

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a benign, self‐limited condition that mainly affects young people. In this report, we present four cases of this uncommon condition and a review of the current literature. Two cases had no prior significant medical history: one had a history of asthma and the other u...

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Autores principales: Kuroiwa, Maiko, Kita, Keiichiro, Wakakuri, Akira, Sekijima, Azusa, Takibayashi, Masahiro, Watanabe, Fumiko, Miura, Taro, Koura, Tomoyuki, Yoshida, Kiichiro, Yamashiro, Seiji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5689427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264039
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.43
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Sumario:Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a benign, self‐limited condition that mainly affects young people. In this report, we present four cases of this uncommon condition and a review of the current literature. Two cases had no prior significant medical history: one had a history of asthma and the other underwent regular outpatient treatment for anorexia nervosa. The three patients who were not anorexic spontaneously improved within a few days. However, the patient with anorexia nervosa took 2 months to recover. It appears that spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an intractable complication of anorexia nervosa, and the improvement of nutritional status in the patient is essential to manage this condition.

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