Two unusual causes of a rare clinical entity: pneumomediastinum

Recep Oktay Peker; Haldun Onuralp Kamburoğlu; Timuçin Sabuncu; Şafak Alpat; İlhan Paşaoğlu

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10938

Recep Oktay Peker¹, Haldun Onuralp Kamburoğlu², Timuçin Sabuncu¹, Şafak Alpat¹, İlhan Paşaoğlu¹

¹Departments of Cardiovascular, Medical Faculty of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
²Departments of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10938

Pneumomediastinum is a rare clinical entity characterized by trapping of air in mediastinum. Conservative management is sufficient in majority of patients with pneumomediastinum. Herein we report two rare cases of pneumomediastinum that occurred after dental and aesthetic surgery. Since clinical courses of the two cases were divergent, one was treated conservatively while the other was treated surgically. Complete resorption of pneumomediastinum was detected during follow-up of both cases.

Keywords : Mediastinum; pericardium; pleura; pneumomediastinum

Viewed : 6979

Downloaded : 1642