A minimally invasive technique using fenestrated angiocatheters has been described in adult literature for the treatment of extensive subcutaneous emphysema. Here we report a 30 month old infant who developed extensive subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum, which was relieved by application of microdrainage catheters.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the difference in the clinical features of mediastinal emphysema as classified into three groups based on etiology; patients in whom it was spontaneous with unknown etiology (A group), those in whom it was secondary to bronchial asthma (B group), and those in whom it was secondary with other respiratory diseases (C group). PATIENTS Forty-three cases (45 episodes) with me...

Answer 1 The patient developed facial subcutaneous emphysema as a result of her dental procedure. Subcutaneous emphysema refers to the collection of air beneath the subcutaneous tissue. It is more commonly seen in facial bone fractures, infection by gas-producing organisms, tracheostomies and anterior neck dissections.1 Subcutaneous emphysema is a known, but rare, complication of dental procedu...

Subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema after head and neck procedures is a rare phenomenon; however, its incidence has increased alongside the development of instruments for medical procedures. We report two cases of subcutaneous emphysema and mediastinal emphysema after dental procedures. In case 1, the entry of air was a laceration in the oral floor and an emphysema developed from the submand...

We report an extremely rare example of a thoracocervicofacial subcutaneous emphysema after Heimlich maneuver case.

Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum) is a rare complication of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), with a multifactorial etiology. Awareness of this syndrome is important: it is likely underdiagnosed as the main symptom of shortness of breath is often attributed to Kussmaul's breathing and the findings on chest radiograph can be subtle and easily missed. It is a...

A 20-year-old Chinese man, with a history of chronic rhinitis, was admitted to our hospital in July 2011, with sudden severe non-radiating retrosternal chest discomfort. He had had a recent upper respiratory tract illness with sore throat and running nose that induced forceful sneezing. He denied any accidental trauma to the chest. On admission, the respiratory rate was 18 breaths/min, oxygen s...

A 15-year-old boy was referred to our emergency department for evaluation of subcutaneous emphysema. The patient had presented with gradual onset of dull resting chest pain lasting for almost an hour. The nature of the pain subsequently changed to sharp and radiated to his throat. He had undergone a chest X-ray at the outside emergency department which was remarkable for subcutaneous emphysema....