A Rare Cause of Chest Pain in an Adolescent Patient in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum | Zendy

Damla Hanalıoğlu | Zendy; Funda Kurt | Zendy; Doğuş Güney | Zendy; Serhat Emeksız | Zendy; Kivanc Terzi | Zendy; Halil ÖRTLEK | Zendy; Tülin Köksal | Zendy

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A Rare Cause of Chest Pain in an Adolescent Patient in the Pediatric Emergency Department: Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum

Author(s) -

Damla Hanalıoğlu,

Funda Kurt,

Doğuş Güney,

Serhat Emeksız,

Kivanc Terzi,

Halil ÖRTLEK,

Tülin Köksal

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

turkish journal of pediatric disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1307-4490

pISSN - 2148-3566

DOI - 10.12956/tjpd.2018.362

Subject(s) - pneumomediastinum , emergency department , chest pain , medicine , medical emergency , pediatrics , surgery , psychiatry , pneumothorax

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM), is a rare and benign entity in the pediatric population. Alveolar rupture as a result of increased intrathoracic pressure due to an asthma attack, vomiting or Valsalva maneuvers (e.g., forceful cough, shouting), is the most frequent reason. Here, we report a 14-year-old male patient who presented to the pediatric emergency department with chest pain and was diagnosed with SPM, and discuss the clinical and radiological characteristics as well as the management of SPM.

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