Medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysema
No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. An 80 year old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress and poor oxygen saturation. Physical exam revealed an obese male in respiratory distress with poor air entry bil...
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doaj-95b315aab14543899b29d3e4f96dd32e2020-11-24T22:43:55ZengArizona Thoracic SocietySouthwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care2160-67732014-03-018318118210.13175/swjpcc020-14Medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysemaAhmed Z0Singh M1Lopez R2Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queenz, NYIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queenz, NYIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Queenz, NYNo abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. An 80 year old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress and poor oxygen saturation. Physical exam revealed an obese male in respiratory distress with poor air entry bilaterally and scattered wheezing. His chest, neck, tongue, and lips were swollen. The patient was intubated for respiratory failure, felt to be due to angioedema. His oxygen saturation immediately improved, however the patient developed progressive swelling throughout his body including his eyelids, fingers and toes. Diffuse crepitus was felt on palpation. Chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed large bilateral pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema (Figure 1). Bilateral chest tubes were inserted with re-expansion of both lungs. Over the next several days his respiratory parameters improved, with full re-expansion of the lungs and reabsorption of the pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema. The patient was extubated successfully and was discharged in good health. ...pneumothoraxpneumomedistinumsubcutaneous emphysemaCOPDchronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseexacerbationcrepitus |
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Medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysema |
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Medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysema |
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Medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysema |
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Medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysema |
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Medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysema |
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medical image of the week: bilateral pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous emphysema |
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Arizona Thoracic Society |
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Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care |
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No abstract available. Article truncated at 150 words. An 80 year old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress and poor oxygen saturation. Physical exam revealed an obese male in respiratory distress with poor air entry bilaterally and scattered wheezing. His chest, neck, tongue, and lips were swollen. The patient was intubated for respiratory failure, felt to be due to angioedema. His oxygen saturation immediately improved, however the patient developed progressive swelling throughout his body including his eyelids, fingers and toes. Diffuse crepitus was felt on palpation. Chest radiography and computed tomography (CT) of the chest revealed large bilateral pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema (Figure 1). Bilateral chest tubes were inserted with re-expansion of both lungs. Over the next several days his respiratory parameters improved, with full re-expansion of the lungs and reabsorption of the pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema. The patient was extubated successfully and was discharged in good health. ... |
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pneumothorax pneumomedistinum subcutaneous emphysema COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation crepitus |
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