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CASE REPORT
Childhood asthma predisposes to spontaneous pneumomediastinum
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King’s College Hospital, London, UK
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Mr A U Momin
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS, UK; mominaziz{at}hotmail.com
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare condition for which potentially life threatening differential diagnoses must be excluded. A case is presented of a young man with a history of severe childhood asthma, who was successfully treated conservatively.
Keywords: asthma; pneumomediastinum
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