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Pneumomediastinum, bilateral pneumothorax, pleural effusion, and surgical emphysema after routine apicectomy caused by vomiting.

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Mediastinal and subcutaneous emphysema may occur after dental and oral surgery as a result of iatrogenic introduction of air or injury to the tracheobronchial tree. We report a patient who developed emphysema and pneumothorax after dentoalveolar surgery, which made diagnosis and management

Boerhaave's syndrome and tension pneumothorax secondary to Norovirus induced forceful emesis.

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Boerhaave's syndrome or spontaneous esophageal perforation is a rare condition, with high mortality. We describe a case of Boerhaave's syndrome presenting with tension pneumothorax. The patient was infected with Norovirus and developed Boerhaave's syndrome, initially thought to be gastroenteritis

[Treatment with a synergic and antiemetic-antihistaminic preparation of vomiting and nausea in acute exudative pleurisy consecutive to pneumothorax].

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A 60-year-old man with pneumothorax and subcutaneous air after vomiting.

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Reentrance of Azygos Vein into Azygos Fissure After Pneumothorax.

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Empty azygos fissure implies dislocation of the azygos vein to the mediastinal side of the right upper lobe from azygos fissure, which is usually secondary to pneumothorax, pleural effusion, parenchymal fibrosis, vertebral collapse or persistent vomiting. We are presenting here a case where a

[Duodenal ulcer presenting as pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax -- case report].

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Haemorrhage, penetration and perforation are common complications of peptic ulcers. Free intraabdominal air is seen in 80 % after perforation. Penetration into the retroperitoneum with pneumothorax and mediastinal emphysema are rarely observed. We report the case of a 85-year-old female patient with

Pneumothorax as a presentation of perforated duodenal ulcer.

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A young man presented with a sudden onset of severe abdominal pain and vomiting. He also had shortness of breath with right-sided pleuritic chest pain. On examination he was found to have a rigid and diffusely tender abdomen. Auscultation of the chest revealed reduced air entry into the right lung.

Development of bilateral tension pneumothorax under anesthesia in a Boerhaave's syndrome patient: a case report.

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A 33-year-old male visited the emergency room with abdominal pain which developed after a vomiting episode. Based on the pneumomediastinum findings from a chest radiograph and a contrast-enhanced chest and abdominal computed tomography scan, the patient was diagnosed with Boerhaave's syndrome.

Proposed characterization of the syndrome of epidural pneumatosis (pneumorrhachis) in patients with forceful vomiting from diabetic ketoacidosis as a clinico-radiologic pentad based on systematic literature review & an illustrative case report

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Background: Previous literature on epidural pneumatosis (pneumorrhachis, or air in epidural cavity) associated with forceful vomiting in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) has consisted of individual case reports without

Concurrent pulmonary hypoplasia and congenital lobar emphysema in a young dog with tension pneumothorax: a rare congenital pulmonary anomaly.

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Pulmonary hypoplasia (PH) and congenital lobar emphysema (CLE) are very rare congenital pulmonary anomalies in veterinary medicine. PH refers to the incomplete pulmonary development due to embryologic imbalance of bronchial development between the lung buds, while CLE is defined as

Giant bronchogenic cyst mimicking tension pneumothorax.

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An 18-month-old girl presented with high fever and vomiting. Pneumothorax and a cystic formation in the right hemithorax were found on a chest radiograph. The cyst measuring 10 x 10 x 8 cm was resected by a simple wedge resection. Histology revealed a complicated bronchogenic cyst with abscess

Incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia with bowel perforation presenting as a tension pneumothorax.

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We present an interesting case of a patient with a previously known diaphragmatic hernia in which the colon became incarcerated, ischemic and finally perforated. She had no prior history of abdominal pain or vomiting, yet she presented with cardiovascular collapse. She was quickly diagnosed with a

Tension pneumothorax: a pulmonary complication secondary to regional anesthesia from brachial plexus interscalene nerve block.

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Interscalene brachial plexus anesthesia is often used for surgeries involving the shoulder and upper arm. This method of regional anesthesia decreases pain, nausea, and vomiting associated with general anesthesia. One infrequent complication of interscalene brachial plexus block is tension

Gastrothorax mimicking acute tension pneumothorax.

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We describe a case of respiratory failure due to an acute tension gastrothorax in an elderly patient, secondary to an episode of vomiting. Initially the scout view was interpreted as a tension pneumothorax. Eventually the computed tomography (CT) of the thorax revealed a transdiaphragmatical

Urgent colectomy in a patient with membranous tracheal disruption after severe vomiting.

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CONCLUSIONS We report a case of a patient who developed membranous tracheal disruption after severe vomiting. He subsequently required urgent colectomy for toxic megacolon under general anesthesia. With this challenging situation, we were able to successfully conduct general anesthesia in the

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