Facial Oedema Is Not Always Angioedema: A Case of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum with Subcutaneous Emphysema during COPD Exacerbation

Facial Oedema Is Not Always Angioedema: A Case of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum with Subcutaneous Emphysema during COPD Exacerbation

We report a case of acute facial oedema in an elderly hospitalized patient which was initially misdiagnosed as angioedema secondary to antibiotics in a patient with an allergic diathesis. We describe the differential aetiologies and then the true cause of the oedema, which was an uncommon complicat...

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Main Authors: Sarah Damanti, Francesca Rosini, Daniela Mari, Maura Marcucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2015-10-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Pneumomediastinum
COPD exacerbation
angioedema
Online Access:http://ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/281

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