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Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an uncommon diagnosis defined as the presence of free air in the mediastinum without an apparent cause. It is a self-limiting disorder that most often occurs in young males without any apparent precipitating factor or underlying disease process. Its pathophysiology i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6581412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31259105 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4487 |
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author | Chan, Vincent Raza, Ahmad Lashari, Bilal H Patel, Rajesh |
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description | Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an uncommon diagnosis defined as the presence of free air in the mediastinum without an apparent cause. It is a self-limiting disorder that most often occurs in young males without any apparent precipitating factor or underlying disease process. Its pathophysiology involves the rupture of alveoli with resultant air penetration into the mediastinum. Underlying disease processes, such as asthma, physical trauma, including yelling, contact sports, and Valsalva during labor, have also been reported to cause spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Here, we present the case of an 18-year-old male who presented to us with the chief complaint of cough and the subsequent diagnosis of spontaneous pneumomediastinum. |
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spelling | pubmed-65814122019-06-28 Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum Chan, Vincent Raza, Ahmad Lashari, Bilal H Patel, Rajesh Cureus Emergency Medicine Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an uncommon diagnosis defined as the presence of free air in the mediastinum without an apparent cause. It is a self-limiting disorder that most often occurs in young males without any apparent precipitating factor or underlying disease process. Its pathophysiology involves the rupture of alveoli with resultant air penetration into the mediastinum. Underlying disease processes, such as asthma, physical trauma, including yelling, contact sports, and Valsalva during labor, have also been reported to cause spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Here, we present the case of an 18-year-old male who presented to us with the chief complaint of cough and the subsequent diagnosis of spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Cureus 2019-04-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6581412/ /pubmed/31259105 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4487 Text en Copyright © 2019, Chan et al. http://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. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Chan, Vincent Raza, Ahmad Lashari, Bilal H Patel, Rajesh Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
title | Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
title_full | Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
title_fullStr | Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
title_full_unstemmed | Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
title_short | Silent Breathlessness: A Case and Brief Review of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum |
title_sort | silent breathlessness: a case and brief review of spontaneous pneumomediastinum |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6581412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31259105 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4487 |
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