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Published on: November 4, 2015
[Mediastinal emphysema after a punch on the back; report of a case]
T Sakai1, Y Kimura, M Koyanagi
1Department of Surgery, Hirosaki City Hospital, Japan.
Abstract:
A 19-year-old man was punched on the back, and anterior chest pain appeared about 3 hours after injury. The patient was consulted a physician complaining of anterior chest pain. On chest X-ray, mediastinal emphysema was suspected, and transferred to our hospital. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed mediastinal emphysema. On esophageal radiography and bronchofiberscopy, no abnormal findings were detected. Conservative therapy was conducted, and symptoms had gradually improved. On the 8th hospital day, mediastinal emphysema was improved on chest CT. The patient was discharged on the 10th hospital day. The most frequent cause of mediastinal emphysema after trauma is traffic or downfall accident, and no report on this condition after the punch on the back was found.
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