title: Pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and subcutaneous emphysema due to duodenal ulcer.
abstract: The presence of pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, or cervical subcutaneous emphysema due to perforated duodenal ulcer is a rare presentation. We report a 23-year-man who showed bilateral cervical subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and pneumothorax with no respiratory abnormality. He was found to have active duodenal ulcers, but no detectable pneumoperitoneum or duodenal leak. A sealed perforation from the duodenal ulcers was suspected, and he fully improved after conservative management.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, King Saud University, PO Box 341436, Riyadh 11333, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. khokhar7@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdullah
authors.forename: Mohammed H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Al-Akeely
authors.forename: Abdulaziz A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Mustafa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*