Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a male adolescent using e-cigarettes

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a male adolescent using e-cigarettes

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Background: Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (PM) is a rare benign disease entity in children with several predisposing factors.This study reports a case of spontaneous PM related to the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in a 17-year-old adolescent.Case Presentation: A 17-year-old male, user of e-cigarettes, with no underlying pulmonary disease presented to the emergency department with acute chest pain, without any preceding events including trauma.His SOY ISOFLAVONES physical examination was unremarkable apart from positive Hamman's crunch.

A plain chest X-ray showed PM and left-sided apical pneumothorax.Chest computed tomography confirmed the presence of PM, Board accompanied by pneumopericardium and bilateral apical pneumothoraces.The patient reported the use of e-cigarettes, and he was admitted and conservatively managed in the hospital and discharged after three uneventful days.In this case, smoking e-cigarettes was the only predisposing factor found to be associated with the development of spontaneous PM.

Conclusion: Emergency physicians should consider the diagnosis of spontaneous PM in adolescents who are presenting with acute chest pain, and e-cigarette smoking could be a precipitating factor.[SJEMed 2022; 3(3.000): 229-232].