title: [Epidural emphysema complicating bronchial asthma].
abstract: Epidural emphysema is an exceptional complication of bronchial asthma, revealed by an incidental finding in chest tomography. We report a case of a 21-year-old man admitted with asthma attack complicated by subcutaneous and mediastinal emphysema. Chest tomography confirmed the mediastinal emphysema and also revealed the epidural emphysema within the vertebral canal. Neurological examination was negative. The patient showed complete recovery 10days after the onset of symptoms. The epidural emphysema is a rare complication during asthma attacks. The benignity of this complication should not require a systematic chest tomography.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, hôpital universitaire Fattouma Bourguiba, 5000 Monastir, Tunisie. naceur.rouatbi@rns.tn
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rouetbi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ben Saad
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joobeur
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Skhiri
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cheikh Mhamed
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mribah
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Kamel
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D013352:Subcutaneous Emphysema / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D005938:Glucocorticoids