title: Spontaneous pneumomediastinum due to paralytic rabies.
abstract: Rabies is a fatal disease resulting from rabies virus infection, causing severe neurological symptoms and ultimately death by destroying the nervous system. In general, a patient tends to see a neurologist or an infectious diseases physician, with very common and typical discipline-related signs and symptoms, such as hydrophobia, aerophobia, and mental disorders. However, we reported a rabies patient who was first admitted to see a thoracic surgeon with spontaneous pneumomediastinum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Tangdou Hospital, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
authors.forename: Wuping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yunfeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Kongxiang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Xiaofei
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000821:virology*; D010243:Paralysis / Q000821:virology*; D011818:Rabies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis