A precordial rub in a boy with a severe attack of ulcerative colitis.
A case of a pneumomediastinum mimicking a pericarditis in a boy with an occult perforation due to ulcerative colitis is reported. Pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of severe attacks of ulcerative colitis, with or without the previous development of a toxic megacolon, that should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
From the *Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo, and †University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Laura
L
Badina
Giovanna
G
Ferrara
Pierpaolo
P
Guastalla
Egidio
E
Barbi
D000293:Adolescent; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic