Damanti, Sarah and Rosini, Francesca and Mari, Daniela and Marcucci, Maura (2015) Facial Oedema Is Not Always Angioedema: A Case of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum with Subcutaneous Emphysema during COPD Exacerbation. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2 (7). pp. 1-3. ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
We report a case of acute facial oedema in an elderly hospitalized patient which was initially misdiagnosed as angioedema secondary to antibiotics in a patient with an allergic diathesis. We describe the differential aetiologies and then the true cause of the oedema, which was an uncommon complication of a very common condition in the elderly: a pneumomediastinum with subcutaneous emphysema probably due to rupture of an emphysematous lung bulla during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation. Lastly, we focus on the therapeutic procedures instituted for the treatment of the pneumomediastinum.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pneumomediastinum; COPD exacerbation; angioedema |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) > 616.2 Malattie del sistema respiratorio |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2016 15:05 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2016 15:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15087 |
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