Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: case report.
OBJECTIVE
The description of this case is due to the rarity of this clinical entity and its semiotic diversity, which implies a high level of suspicion for a correct diagnosis.


METHODS
Description of a clinical case, based on the data referred to in the clinical process.


RESULTS
The case describes a young male patient, attended to at the emergency room due to right chest pain, which further investigation revealed to be consistent with spontaneous pneumomediastinum. He underwent medical treatment, with favorable outcome.


CONCLUSIONS
The clinical course is usually benign, self-limited, involves only conservative treatment, and use of drugs is recommended only in symptomatic patients.
Hospital Distrital da Figueira da Foz, EPE, Gala, Figueira da Foz, Portugal. fhsemedo@hotmail.com
Flávia Helena Monteiro Andrade
FH
Semedo
Rosário Santos
RS
Silva
Sónia
S
Pereira
Teresa
T
Alfaiate
Teresa
T
Costa
Pilar
P
Fernandez
Amélia
A
Pereira
D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult