Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in anorexia nervosa: A case report and review of the literature on pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax

European Eating Disorders Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Hochlehnert, Achim ^a   Löwe, Bernd ^b   Bludau, Hans Bernd ^c   Borst, Mathias ^d   Zipfel, Stephan ^e   Herzog, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Spain)

^d CARITAS KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Medical complications; Spontaneous pneumomediastinum; Subcutaneous emphysema

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REMISSION; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449150949     PISSN: 10724133     EISSN: 10990968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/erv.1002     Document Type: Article

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