Pneumomediastinum complicating childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
A case of pneumomediastinum that developed in a 10 year old girl receiving induction chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia is reported. Three factors were identified that may have been associated with this complication: the patient suffered recurrent vomiting during her induction chemotherapy; she had travelled by air the day before the pneumo mediastinum was diagnosed; and was septic with Enterobacter at time of diagnosis. The pneumomediastinum resolved over 2 weeks without specific treatment and without further complications.
Copeman
M C
MC
Oncology Unit, Children's Hospital, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.
Moore
P
P
Shaw
P J
PJ
D000399:Air Pressure; D002648:Child; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications