TY - JOUR
T1 - Two Cases of Spontaneous Retropharyngeal and Cardiomediastinal Emphysema
AU - Kato, Hisayuki
AU - Takeuchi, Masahiro
AU - Kato, Sayuri
AU - Kadoyama, Hiroshi
AU - Saito, Syoji
AU - Miyagishima, Masakazu
AU - Naito, Kensei
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - We report here two cases of spontaneous retropharyngeal arid cardiomediastinal emphysema. The patients were a 15-year-old boy, who developed a foreign body sensation in the pharynx after he ran and a 16-year-old boy who developed pain in the anterior neck after he spoke loudly. X-ray and CT examination findings revealed air in the retropharyngeal and cardiomediastional regions in both patients. Antibiotics and a week of rest were prescribed and these complaints disappeared. Sixty-four cases of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema, including our two cases, reported in the Japanese literature in the period between 1992 and 2001 are also reviewed and discussed in this paper.
AB - We report here two cases of spontaneous retropharyngeal arid cardiomediastinal emphysema. The patients were a 15-year-old boy, who developed a foreign body sensation in the pharynx after he ran and a 16-year-old boy who developed pain in the anterior neck after he spoke loudly. X-ray and CT examination findings revealed air in the retropharyngeal and cardiomediastional regions in both patients. Antibiotics and a week of rest were prescribed and these complaints disappeared. Sixty-four cases of spontaneous mediastinal emphysema, including our two cases, reported in the Japanese literature in the period between 1992 and 2001 are also reviewed and discussed in this paper.
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U2 - 10.5631/jibirin.94.833
DO - 10.5631/jibirin.94.833
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0347786202
SN - 0032-6313
VL - 94
SP - 833
EP - 840
JO - Practica Otologica
JF - Practica Otologica
IS - 9
ER -