Open AccessSpontaneous Pneumomediastinum in a Teenager After Physical Exercise: a Benign and Rare, but Sometimes Challenging, Entity
Author(s) -
Kyriakos Spiliopoulos,
Angeliki Tsantsaridou,
Dimitrios Magouliotis,
Evangeli Charisi,
Konstantina Kimpouri,
Nikolaos S. Salemis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medicinski arhiv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1986-5961
pISSN - 0350-199X
DOI - 10.5455/medarh.2020.74.315-317
Subject(s) - pneumomediastinum , medicine , pneumothorax , subcutaneous emphysema , odynophagia , mediastinum , chest pain , pneumopericardium , mediastinal emphysema , radiology , surgery , emergency department , past medical history , dysphagia , psychiatry
Pneumomediastinum defines a condition in which free air is present in the mediastinum usually caused by alveolar rupture resulting from a sudden increase in the intrathoracic pressure and air tracking along the tracheobronchial tree.