Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature

Pneumomediastinum is a rare clinical entity that concerns the clinicians in the emergency department. We present a case of a patient with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (Hamman's syndrome) that presented to our hospital's emergency department with cervical subcutaneous emphysema. A conserva...

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Published in:Respiratory medicine case reports 2018-01, Vol.23, p.63-65
Main Authors: Grapatsas, Konstantinos, Tsilogianni, Zoi, Leivaditis, Vasileios, Kotoulas, Sotirios, Kotoulas, Christoforos, Koletsis, Efstratios, Iliadis, Ilias Stylianos, Dahm, Manfred, Trakada, Georgia, Veletza, Lemonia, Kallianos, Anastasios, Huang, Haidong, Kosmidis, Christoforos, Karanikas, Michael, Thomaidis, Vasilis, Porpodis, Konstantinos, Zarogoulidis, Paul
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Language:English
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Case Report
Dyspnea
Emphysema
Hamman's syndrome
Pneumomediastinum
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Summary:Pneumomediastinum is a rare clinical entity that concerns the clinicians in the emergency department. We present a case of a patient with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (Hamman's syndrome) that presented to our hospital's emergency department with cervical subcutaneous emphysema. A conservative treatment with observation was performed. The patient after 24 hours of observation was discharged with a suggested follow-up.
ISSN:2213-0071
2213-0071
DOI:10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.12.004