Epidural Air in Child with Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum

Eur J Pediatr Surg 2013; 23(03): 249-250
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1313341

Case Gallery

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Authors

Sandra Tomita

¹Department of Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Rafael Rivera

²Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Keith Kuenzler

²Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
Howard Ginsburg

²Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States

References
1 Chapdelaine J, Beaunoyer M, Daigneault P , et al. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: are we overinvestigating?. J Pediatr Surg 2004; 39 (5) 681-684
2 Stack AM, Caputo GL. Pneumomediastinum in childhood asthma. Pediatr Emerg Care 1996; 12 (2) 98-101
3 Kono T, Kuwashima S, Fujioka M , et al. Epidural air associated with spontaneous pneumomediastinum in children: uncommon complication?. Pediatr Int 2007; 49 (6) 923-927
4 Tambe P, Kasat LS, Tambe AP. Epidural emphysema associated with subcutaneous emphysema following foreign body in the airway. Pediatr Surg Int 2005; 21 (9) 721-722
5 Pifferi M, Marrazzini G, Baldini G, Caramella D, Bulleri A, Bartolozzi C. Epidural emphysema in children with asthma. Pediatr Pulmonol 1997; 24 (2) 125-126
6 Chalumeau M, Le Clainche L, Sayeg N , et al. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in children. Pediatr Pulmonol 2001; 31 (1) 67-75
7 Balachandran S, Guinto FC, Goodman P, Cavallo FM. Epidural pneumatosis associated with spontaneous pneumomediastinum. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1993; 14 (1) 271-272
8 Uemura K, Behr R, Roosen K. Symptomatic intraspinal air entrapment. Br J Neurosurg 2000; 14 (2) 154-156
9 Gonzales GR, Payne R, Portenoy RK, Foley KM. Epidural air from a bronchopleural-epidural-cutaneous fistula producing reversible myelopathy and radiculopathy symptoms. Neurology 1994; 44 (12) 2409-2410