Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Experience in 13 patients

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare clinical entity that concerns mainly young adults. We report 13 cases (11 males/2 females) of SPM. The average age was 31 ± 0.85 years. The most common precipitating factor was asthma attack. The onset symptoms were mainly chest pain (11 cases). Synchron...

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Autores principales: Asma, Migaou, Nesrine, Fahem, Ahmed, Ben Saad, Sameh, Joobeur, Saoussen, Cheikh mhammed, Naceur, Rouatbi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6818344/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31681531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100946
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author Asma, Migaou
Nesrine, Fahem
Ahmed, Ben Saad
Sameh, Joobeur
Saoussen, Cheikh mhammed
Naceur, Rouatbi
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description Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare clinical entity that concerns mainly young adults. We report 13 cases (11 males/2 females) of SPM. The average age was 31 ± 0.85 years. The most common precipitating factor was asthma attack. The onset symptoms were mainly chest pain (11 cases). Synchronous pneumothorax was found in 5 cases and it was bilateral in 2 patients. The evolution was marked by the spontaneous resorption. SMP is an underrecognized cause of chest pain in young adults. Chest radiography is usually sufficient for the diagnosis, and further diagnostic procedures are generally not necessary. The prognosis is often favorable.
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spelling pubmed-68183442019-11-01 Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Experience in 13 patients Asma, Migaou Nesrine, Fahem Ahmed, Ben Saad Sameh, Joobeur Saoussen, Cheikh mhammed Naceur, Rouatbi Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare clinical entity that concerns mainly young adults. We report 13 cases (11 males/2 females) of SPM. The average age was 31 ± 0.85 years. The most common precipitating factor was asthma attack. The onset symptoms were mainly chest pain (11 cases). Synchronous pneumothorax was found in 5 cases and it was bilateral in 2 patients. The evolution was marked by the spontaneous resorption. SMP is an underrecognized cause of chest pain in young adults. Chest radiography is usually sufficient for the diagnosis, and further diagnostic procedures are generally not necessary. The prognosis is often favorable. Elsevier 2019-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6818344/ /pubmed/31681531 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2019.100946 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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