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Pneumomediastinum complicating bleomycin related lung damage
T Sikdar1, D MacVicar, J E Husband
1Department of Radiology, Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Sutton, Surrey, UK.
The British Journal of Radiology
|August 6, 1999
Abstract:
We describe two patients who developed spontaneous pneumomediastinum without pneumothorax against a background of bleomycin-induced pulmonary interstitial disease whilst on treatment for metastatic germ cell tumours of the testis. Pneumomediastinum is a rare but recognized complication of bleomycin-induced lung toxicity, which has previously only been described in association with pneumothorax.