Recurrent pneumomediastinum in two young adults

Deok Heon Lee; Gun Jik Kim; Youngok Lee; Sang Cjeol Lee

doi:10.5761/atcs.cr.13-00122

Recurrent pneumomediastinum in two young adults

Deok Heon Lee, Gun Jik Kim, Youngok Lee, Sang Cjeol Lee

Department of Medicine

Kyungpook National University

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Abstract

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is an uncommonly encountered entity. In addition, due to its rarity, little is known about recurrent SPM. We report on two exceptional cases of recurrent pneumomediastinum. One was a 16-year-old male whose first episode was accompanied by blunt chest trauma followed by a spontaneous second episode with a free interval of 17 months. The other case was a 17-year-old male whose presenting symptom was right and left pleuritic chest pain, respectively, without any predisposing or precipitating factors. We diagnosed these patients without performing invasive procedures and administered conservative management with success.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	517-520
Number of pages	4
Journal	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.13-00122
State	Published - 2014

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Pneumomediastinum
Recurrence

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