Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in a Young Adult: A Rare Presentation

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) refers to the presence of air in the mediastinum without any obvious cause. It is an uncommon condition occurring due to alveolar rupture as a result of increased intrathoracic pressure. It is commonly seen in young males, patients with known asthmatic disorders a...

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Autores principales: Rajendran, Theakarajan, Shaikh, Oseen, Kumbhar, Uday, Balasubramanian, Gopal, Bhattarai, Sandeep
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607290
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8306
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author Rajendran, Theakarajan
Shaikh, Oseen
Kumbhar, Uday
Balasubramanian, Gopal
Bhattarai, Sandeep
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description Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) refers to the presence of air in the mediastinum without any obvious cause. It is an uncommon condition occurring due to alveolar rupture as a result of increased intrathoracic pressure. It is commonly seen in young males, patients with known asthmatic disorders and pulmonary diseases. We report a rare case of SPM in a young healthy male without any significant past history. The patient was managed conservatively and discharged.
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spelling pubmed-73206612020-06-29 Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in a Young Adult: A Rare Presentation Rajendran, Theakarajan Shaikh, Oseen Kumbhar, Uday Balasubramanian, Gopal Bhattarai, Sandeep Cureus Radiology Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) refers to the presence of air in the mediastinum without any obvious cause. It is an uncommon condition occurring due to alveolar rupture as a result of increased intrathoracic pressure. It is commonly seen in young males, patients with known asthmatic disorders and pulmonary diseases. We report a rare case of SPM in a young healthy male without any significant past history. The patient was managed conservatively and discharged. Cureus 2020-05-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7320661/ /pubmed/32607290 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8306 Text en Copyright © 2020, Rajendran 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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320661/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607290
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8306
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