Pneumomediastinum secondary to dental extraction.

Pneumomediastinum secondary to use of a high speed air turbine drill during a dental extraction.

Pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema of the neck and thorax can occur exceptionally following a dental procedure. A case is described of acute subcutaneous emphysema of the lateral region of the neck and thorax associated with pneumomediastinum during a dental extraction with an air and water cooled turbine burn drill.

Cervicofacial Emphysema and Pneumomediastinum Following Dental Extraction: Case Report

BACKGROUND Pneumomediastinum is commonly caused by iatrogenic injury such as surgery on the cervical planes and chest or by tracheostomy. It is also well known that emphysema may occur after dental treatments using an air turbine drill, but there have been few cases of emphysema which extended to the mediastinum. CASE PRESENTATION A 16-year-old boy is presented with subcutaneous emphysema and...

EMERGENCY CASEBOOKS Pneumomediastinum secondary to dental extraction

A case is reported of subcutaneous emphysema involving upper limb resulting from a trivial laceration to the elbow. Gas in the soft tissues after the injury can be caused by infection with a gas forming organism or by a variety of non-infective causes. It is hypothesised that this minor skin wound has acted like a ball-valve mechanism leading to air being trapped in the soft tissue. (Emerg Med ...

Pneumomediastinum after a swimming race and dental extraction.

Four cases of pneumomediastinum

Pneumomediastinum or mediastinal emphysema is defined as the presence of air in the mediastinum, the central compartment of the thoracic cavity that contains the heart and its vessels, the oesophagus, trachea, vagus and phrenic nerves, and thymus, among other organs. There are no concrete epidemiological data but case series point to an approximate incidence of one in 7000 to one to 45 000 hosp...