Open AccessPicture Quiz: A Case of Sudden Severe Chest Pain: Answers
Author(s) -
M Abu Rabia,
PJ Sullivan,
Stavros Stivaros
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0153
Subject(s) - pneumomediastinum , medicine , chest pain , mediastinum , mediastinal emphysema , radiology , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , subcutaneous emphysema , pneumothorax
Pneumomediastinum is a condition in which air presents in the mediastinum. It was first described by Laennec in 1819 as a consequence of trauma. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) was reported in 1939 by Hamman.