title: Recurrent spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a child with tracheomalacia.
abstract: Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in children is a very rare, benign entity. Recurrent episodes are exceptional. Identifying an underlying trigger is crucial, and very often, spontaneous pneumomediastinum occurs in association with an asthma exacerbation. We report the case of a patient in which we hypothesize that an underlying tracheomalacia can be held responsible for the recurrent pneumomediastinum, which is to this date the first case with this assumption. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017;52:E29-E31. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dewulf
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Daele
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Frans
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Baets
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D055090:Tracheomalacia / Q000150:complications*
keywords: recurrent pneumomediastinum; tracheomalacia