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Recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a child with tracheomalacia
Author(s) -
Dewulf Jonas,
Van Daele Sabine,
De Baets Frans
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.23624
Subject(s) - tracheomalacia , medicine , pneumomediastinum , exacerbation , surgery , pediatrics , pneumothorax , airway
Summary Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in children is a very rare, benign entity. Recurrent episodes are exceptional. Identifying an underlying trigger is crucial, and very often, spontaneous pneumomediastinum occurs in association with an asthma exacerbation. We report the case of a patient in which we hypothesize that an underlying tracheomalacia can be held responsible for the recurrent pneumomediastinum, which is to this date the first case with this assumption. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017;52:E29–E31. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.