title: Mediastinal emphysema after head-banging in a rock artist: pseudo shaken-baby syndrome in adulthood.
abstract: A 34-year-old man was seen because of severe right neck pain. He was a guitarist in a special type of heavy metal rock (so-called visual-kei, a subgenre related to glam-rock) band and habitually shook his head violently throughout concert performances. He regularly experienced neck and chest pain after a concert, which persisted for some time. Computed tomography scanning of the neck showed mediastinal emphysema. We surmise that head-banging resemble those of shaken-baby syndrome.
authors.affiliation: National Hospital Organization, Tokyo Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Saeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuzaki
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsunoda
authors.forename: Tonghyo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.forename: Reo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D009146:Music; D038642:Shaken Baby Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed