title: [Three cases of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema].
abstract: We report 3 cases of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema. All patients were young males, and had predisposing episodes for development of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema; sports in 2, loud voice in 1. The each chief complaint was dyspnea, throat pain, and epigastric pain. Two patients were admitted, but 1 rejected admission despite sufficient informed consent. All patients became asymptomatic with mediastinal air reabsorption within a week. We should recognize spontaneous mediastinal emphysema as one cause of chest, back, neck and epigastric pain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Rumoi City Hospital, Rumoi, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koshiko
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujimori
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tashiro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult