Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature

Pneumomediastinum is a rare clinical entity that concerns the clinicians in the emergency department. We present a case of a patient with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (Hamman's syndrome) that presented to our hospital's emergency department with cervical subcutaneous emphysema. A conserva...

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Main Authors:	Konstantinos Grapatsas, Zoi Tsilogianni, Vasileios Leivaditis, Sotirios Kotoulas, Christoforos Kotoulas, Efstratios Koletsis, Ilias Stylianos Iliadis, Manfred Dahm, Georgia Trakada, Lemonia Veletza, Anastasios Kallianos, Haidong Huang, Christoforos Kosmidis, Michael Karanikas, Vasilis Thomaidis, Konstantinos Porpodis, Paul Zarogoulidis
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Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:	Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117303180

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spelling	doaj-5c2db23348cb4444aa6a6e638eca60a72020-11-24T23:49:10ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712018-01-01236365Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literatureKonstantinos Grapatsas0Zoi Tsilogianni1Vasileios Leivaditis2Sotirios Kotoulas3Christoforos Kotoulas4Efstratios Koletsis5Ilias Stylianos Iliadis6Manfred Dahm7Georgia Trakada8Lemonia Veletza9Anastasios Kallianos10Haidong Huang11Christoforos Kosmidis12Michael Karanikas13Vasilis Thomaidis14Konstantinos Porpodis15Paul Zarogoulidis16Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “Iaso” General Hospital of Athens, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “Iaso” General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece; Department of Pneumonology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz Klinikum, Academic Educational Hospital, Heidelberg University and Mainz University, Kaiserslautern, Germany; Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Patra's Medical School, University of Patra, Patra, GreeceDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “Iaso” General Hospital of Athens, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “Iaso” General Hospital of Athens, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Patra's Medical School, University of Patra, Patra, GreeceDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, “Iaso” General Hospital of Athens, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Pneumonology, 401 General Military Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece; Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Westpfalz Klinikum, Academic Educational Hospital, Heidelberg University and Mainz University, Kaiserslautern, GermanyDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, GreeceDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, GreeceDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, GreeceDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, ChinaSurgery Department, Interbalkan European Medical Center, Thessaloniki, Greece1st University Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GreeceAnatomy Department, Democritus University of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, GreecePulmonary Department, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, GreecePulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, “Theageneio” Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece; Corresponding author.Pneumomediastinum is a rare clinical entity that concerns the clinicians in the emergency department. We present a case of a patient with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (Hamman's syndrome) that presented to our hospital's emergency department with cervical subcutaneous emphysema. A conservative treatment with observation was performed. The patient after 24 hours of observation was discharged with a suggested follow-up. Keywords: Hamman's syndrome, Pneumomediastinum, Emphysema, Dyspneahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117303180
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author	Konstantinos Grapatsas Zoi Tsilogianni Vasileios Leivaditis Sotirios Kotoulas Christoforos Kotoulas Efstratios Koletsis Ilias Stylianos Iliadis Manfred Dahm Georgia Trakada Lemonia Veletza Anastasios Kallianos Haidong Huang Christoforos Kosmidis Michael Karanikas Vasilis Thomaidis Konstantinos Porpodis Paul Zarogoulidis
spellingShingle	Konstantinos Grapatsas Zoi Tsilogianni Vasileios Leivaditis Sotirios Kotoulas Christoforos Kotoulas Efstratios Koletsis Ilias Stylianos Iliadis Manfred Dahm Georgia Trakada Lemonia Veletza Anastasios Kallianos Haidong Huang Christoforos Kosmidis Michael Karanikas Vasilis Thomaidis Konstantinos Porpodis Paul Zarogoulidis Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
author_facet	Konstantinos Grapatsas Zoi Tsilogianni Vasileios Leivaditis Sotirios Kotoulas Christoforos Kotoulas Efstratios Koletsis Ilias Stylianos Iliadis Manfred Dahm Georgia Trakada Lemonia Veletza Anastasios Kallianos Haidong Huang Christoforos Kosmidis Michael Karanikas Vasilis Thomaidis Konstantinos Porpodis Paul Zarogoulidis
author_sort	Konstantinos Grapatsas
title	Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature
title_short	Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature
title_full	Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature
title_fullStr	Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed	Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature
title_sort	hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): a rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature
publisher	Elsevier
series	Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
issn	2213-0071
publishDate	2018-01-01
description	Pneumomediastinum is a rare clinical entity that concerns the clinicians in the emergency department. We present a case of a patient with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (Hamman's syndrome) that presented to our hospital's emergency department with cervical subcutaneous emphysema. A conservative treatment with observation was performed. The patient after 24 hours of observation was discharged with a suggested follow-up. Keywords: Hamman's syndrome, Pneumomediastinum, Emphysema, Dyspnea
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117303180
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Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature

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