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A Case Report with Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum, Subcutaneous Emphysema and Pneumorrhachis after Viral Infection
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Case Report
VOLUME: 7 ISSUE: 2
P: 97-100
August 2020

A Case Report with Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum, Subcutaneous Emphysema and Pneumorrhachis after Viral Infection

J Pediatr Emerg Intensive Care Med 2020;7(2):97-100
DOI: 10.4274/cayd.galenos.2019.52533
Gürbüz Akçay
Ömer Faruk Yalçın
Özmert M. A. Özdemir
Selçuk Yüksel
1. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Çocuk Sağlığı ve Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Denizli, Türkiye
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Received Date: 24.01.2019
Accepted Date: 26.06.2019
Publish Date: 11.06.2020
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ABSTRACT

Pneumomediastinum (PM) is defined as having free air in the mediastinum. The term pneumorrachis (PR) defines the presence of air in the spinal canal. There are few cases previously reported in the literature. In this study, we present a 4-year-old boy who developed subcutaneous emphysema during the cough attack due to severe viral respiratory tract infection and who had a PR with PM in the radiological examination and discuss with the related literature.

Keywords:
Pneumomediastinum, pneumorrachis, emphysema

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