title: Pneumomediastinum caused by foreign body aspiration in children.
abstract: In a retrospective review of 155 children with tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration (FBA), there were ten patients who had pneumomediastinum (PM) on an initial chest radiograph. Nine of ten presented with PM and one patient had PM noted after bronchoscopy. In a child less than two years of age with no history of trauma, the radiographic finding of PM should prompt further investigation for FBA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Burton
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Riggs
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Houston
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D001239:Inhalation; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014132:Trachea