Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: Is a chest x-ray sufficient?

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 293-296

  Gardikis, S ^a,b   Tsalkidis, A ^a   Limas, C ^a   Antypas, S ^a   Manavis, I ^a   Chatzimicael, A ^a   Arvanitidou, V ^a   Simopoulos, C ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mediastinal emphysema, diagnosis; Mediastinal emphysema, radiology; Subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 0142215628     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Yellin A, Gapany-Gapanavicius M, Lieberman Y. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: is it a rare cause of chest pain? Thorax 1983;38:383-5.
2. Abolnik I, Lossos IS, Breuer R. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a report of 25 cases. Chest 1991;1:93-5.
3. Kaneki T, Kubo K, Kawashima A, Koizumi T, Sekiguchi M, Sone S, Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in 33 patients: yield of chest computed tomography for the diagnosis of the mild type. Respiration 2000;67:408-11.
4. Chalumeau M, Le Clainche L, Sayeg N, Sannier N, Michel JL, Marianowski R et al. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 2001;31:67-75.
5. Dekel B, Paret G, Szeinberg A, Vardi A, Barzilay Z. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in children: clinical and natural history. Eur J Pediatr 1996;155:695-7.
6. Irving IM. Malformations and acquired lesions of lungs, pleura and mediastinum. In: Lister J, Irving IM, editors. Neonatal surgery. London: Butterworths; 1990. p.259-78.
7. Dosios T, Fytas A, Zarifis G. Spontaneous epidural emphysema and pneumomediastinum. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2000;18:123.
8. Caraballo V, Barish RA, Floccare DJ. Pneumomediastinum presenting as acute airway obstruction. J Emerg Med 1996;14:159-63.
9. Ba-Scalamah A, Schima W, Umek W, Herold CJ. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Eur Radiol 1999;9: 724-7.
10. Zylac CM, Standem JR, Barnes GR, Zylac CJ. Pneumomediastinum revised. Radiographics 2000;20:1043-57.
11. Miele V, Andreoli C, De Cicco ML, Buffa V, Galluzzo M, Adami EA. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: radiologic and CT study. Minerva Chir 2002;55:523-6.