Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a child

Shavit, I.; Pillar, G.; Ravid, S.; Shehadeh, N.

Harefuah 131(9): 318

1996


ISSN/ISBN: 0017-7768
PMID: 8981800
Document Number: 459769
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum resutls from non-traumatic, mediastinal air leakage, without underlying lung disease. It is an uncommon, but important condition found in healthy young adults and children presenting with chest pain and shortness of breath. it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of chest pain. we present a 12-year-old boy who complained of chest pain and was found to have a spontaneous pneumomediastinum. We suggest that spontaneous pneumomediastinum is underdiagnosed in children.

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