Pneumomediastinum: retrospective analysis of 19 cases and an innovation proposal in classification

Çetin, Mehmet; Türk, İlteriş; Fındık, Göktürk; Aydoğdu, Koray; Gülhan, Selim Şakir Erkmen; Bıçakçıoğlu, Pınar; Kaya, Sadi

doi:10.1186/s43168-021-00106-6

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 1 Characteristics of pneumomediastinum cases

From: Pneumomediastinum: retrospective analysis of 19 cases and an innovation proposal in classification

Sıra	Age	Gender	Symptoms	History	Physical examination findings	Comorbidities	Additional radiological findings	Interventional diagnostic procedure	Etiology	Treatment approach	Surgical intervention	Hospital stay (day)	Recurrence	Mortality
1	46	Male	Neck pain, cough	After cough	Subcutaneous emphysema	0	Subcarinal lymph node	FOB	Secondary	Conservative	0	3	-	-
2	23	Male	Chest pain	After cough	0	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	2	-	-
3	83	Male	Dyspnea	Aftercough	0	Parkinson’s	Interstitial lung disease	FOB	Secondary	Conservative	0	2	+ (2 weeks after discharge)	+ (4th day after recurrence)
4	20	Male	Chest pain	After cough	0	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	2	-	-
5	21	Male	Chest pain, cough	After cough	0	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	3	-	-
6	34	Male	Chest pain	Trauma	Skin abrasion	0	0	FOB	Traumatic	Conservative	0	4	-	-
7	21	Male	Chest pain, cough	After cough	0	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	5	-	-
8	20	Male	Dyspnea	After cough	0	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	6	-	-
9	58	Male	Dyspnea	Transthoracic biopsy	Subcutaneous emphysema	Left pneumonectomy	Left pneumonectomy, right pneumothorax	FOB	Iatrogenic	Surgical intervention	Tube thoracostomy	3	-	-
10	20	Male	Chest and neck pain	After cough	0	0	0	FOB	Primary	Conservative	0	2	-	-
11	25	Male	Chest pain	After cough	Subcutaneous emphysema	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	3	-	-
12	25	Male	Dyspnea, hoarseness	After cough	Subcutaneous emphysema	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Surgical intervention	Pretracheal fasciotomy	4	-	-
13	34	Male	Chest and back pain, hoarseness	Postprandial	0	0	0	FOB + esophagoscopy	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	4	-	-
14	22	Female	Chest and neck pain	After cough	Subcutaneous emphysema	0	0	FOB+ esophagoscopy	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	4	-	-
15	23	Female	Difficulty swallowing	Trauma	0	0	0	FOB + esophagoscopy	Traumatic	Conservative	0	1	-	-
16	23	Female	Dyspnea	After cough	Subcutaneous emphysema	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Surgical intervention	Tube thoracostomy	5	-	-
17	21	Male	Chest pain, fever	After cough	Cryptic tonsillitis, Scalene lymphadenopathy	Retropharyngeal abscess	Retropharyngeal abscess	FOB	Secondary	Conservative	0	3	-	-
18	24	Male	Chest pain	After cough	Subcutaneous emphysema	0	0	FOB	Spontaneous	Conservative	0	1	-	-
19	49	Male	Dyspnea	Trauma	0	0	0	FOB	Traumatic	Surgical intervention	Pretracheal fasciotomy	3	-	-

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