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Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome

Onboard aircraft medical emergencies are on the rise as commercial air traffic is increasing. However, thoracic injury secondary to air travel is extremely rare and, most reported injuries are cases of pneumothoraces. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium have been barely reported in t...

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Autores principales: El Haj Chehade, Ahel, Debal, George, Mansour, Wissam, Avula, Akshay, Chalhoub, Michel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7596335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33145161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101271
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author El Haj Chehade, Ahel
Debal, George
Mansour, Wissam
Avula, Akshay
Chalhoub, Michel
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description Onboard aircraft medical emergencies are on the rise as commercial air traffic is increasing. However, thoracic injury secondary to air travel is extremely rare and, most reported injuries are cases of pneumothoraces. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium have been barely reported in the medical literature as a complication of air travel. We are reporting a case of spontaneous pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum in a patient with Gardner's Syndrome after a flight from Central America to New York City. The patient presented with chest discomfort. He was managed conservatively with oxygen therapy as he was hemodynamically stable throughout his stay in the hospital. A thorough work up in hospital including and esophagogram and a CT scan of the chest were none revealing of the cause. However, the patient was noted to have metastatic rectal cancer with lung involvement. The patient was discharged with instructions to avoid air travel.
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spelling pubmed-75963352020-11-02 Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome El Haj Chehade, Ahel Debal, George Mansour, Wissam Avula, Akshay Chalhoub, Michel Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Onboard aircraft medical emergencies are on the rise as commercial air traffic is increasing. However, thoracic injury secondary to air travel is extremely rare and, most reported injuries are cases of pneumothoraces. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium have been barely reported in the medical literature as a complication of air travel. We are reporting a case of spontaneous pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum in a patient with Gardner's Syndrome after a flight from Central America to New York City. The patient presented with chest discomfort. He was managed conservatively with oxygen therapy as he was hemodynamically stable throughout his stay in the hospital. A thorough work up in hospital including and esophagogram and a CT scan of the chest were none revealing of the cause. However, the patient was noted to have metastatic rectal cancer with lung involvement. The patient was discharged with instructions to avoid air travel. Elsevier 2020-10-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7596335/ /pubmed/33145161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101271 Text en © 2020 The Author(s) 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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Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome
title Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome
title_full Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome
title_fullStr Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome
title_short Pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: A case report in a patient with Gardner syndrome
title_sort pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum and air travel: a case report in a patient with gardner syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7596335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33145161
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101271
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