SPONTANEOUS MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA AND SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX—A REPORT OF 20 CASES
Authors: H A DICKIE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1948)

Article1 March 1948SPONTANEOUS MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA AND SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX—A REPORT OF 20 CASESHELEN A. DICKIE, M.D.HELEN A. DICKIE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-28-3-618 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe rapidly increasing number of case reports indicates that spontaneous mediastinal emphysema is not rare.1-12Further case reports are essential to establish the frequency. The occurrence of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema, spontaneous pneumothorax and a combination of these two conditions among the students seen at the University of Wisconsin Student Health Service from March 1943 to March 1947 is reported for two reasons: first, because spontaneous pneumothorax is no longer considered a medical rarity and some estimations of its frequency have been recorded; second, and more important, to stress the frequency in which the two conditions are associated. In this way...Bibliography1. HAMMAN L: Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1939, lxiv, 1-21. Google Scholar2. HAMMAN L: Mediastinal emphysema, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1945, cxxviii, 1-6. Google Scholar3. MOREYSOSMAN JBMC: Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema, Radiology, 1939, xxxii, 19-22. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. PINCKNEY MM: Mediastinal emphysema and idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax, Va. Med. Monthly, 1940, lxviii, 35-318. Google Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Madison, Wisconsin*Received for publication April 30, 1947.From Department of Preventive Medicine and Student Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.†Associate Professor of Preventive Medicine, University of Wisconsin. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySpontaneous Pneumomediastinum Presenting with Dysphonia in a Patient with Anterior Spinal Artery Syndrome: A Case ReportBarotrauma related to inhalational drug abuseSpontaneous pneumomediastinum in adult dermatomyositis.Erkrankungen und Tumoren des MediastinumsMediastinal Emphysema in ChildrenClicks and Sounds (Whoops) in Left-Sided PneumothoraxBenign Spontaneous PneumothoraxLEROY HYDE, M.D., F.A.C.P.MEDICAL MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA*GERALD P. 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