Pneumomediastinum secondary to Macklin effect: a case report
Keywords:
MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA, SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM, PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM DIAGNOSTIC.Abstract
Introduction: pneumomediastinum is the presence of air in the mediastinal space coming from bronchi, alveoli or esophageal rupture, which travels through vascular sheaths and tissue planes to the mediastinal space; it can be categorized as spontaneous, traumatic or secondary.
Objective: to describe a patient with pneumomediastinum secondary to the Macklin effect.
Case report: a 32-year-old male patient with no medical history came to the emergency room with a dry cough, sore throat, pain when eating and general malaise, joint pain predominantly in the knees and lower back, and fever of 39°C with chills. The day after his admission, after an attack of coughing, he suddenly presented an increase in volume of the neck and upper chest, accompanied by pain in this area, difficulty in breathing and speaking. On examination at this time, there was an increase in volume and crepitus in the neck, supraclavicular fossa, and anterosuperior and posterosuperior portion of the thorax (subcutaneous emphysema) as well as hoarse and wheezing rales disseminated in both lung fields. An emergency chest X-ray was performed showing signs suggestive of subcutaneous emphysema and pneumomediastinum. An evaluation by the General Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Departments was requested, which suggested conservative treatment.
Conclusions: pneumomediastinum is a rare and benign disease, its clinical characteristics are chest pain and subcutaneous emphysema after a coughing fit and it evolves satisfactorily between 2 and 15 days.
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