In the context of mediastinal emphysema/pneumomediastinum,the main aetiologies are associated with oesophageal perforation,lung pathology or post head and neck surgery related.The main way to differentiate the patholo...
Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province,Grant/Award Number:20202ACBL206011;Jiangxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases,Grant/Award Number:20192BCD42005;Jiangxi Province Medical Leading Discipline Construction Project。
Introduction:Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5-positive dermatomyositis(anti-MDA5+DM)is a distinct subtype of DM,which is characterized by typical cutaneous features,minimal or no muscle involvement and ...
Pneumoscrotum is a rare condition described as the accumulation of air within the scrotum. We report the case of a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia who deve...
BACKGROUND Dental extraction is a common operation in oral surgery and is usually accompanied by pain,swelling,and local infection.The application of high-speed air turbines increases the comfort of alveolar surgery a...
Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19)continues to create havoc and may present with myriad complications involving many organ systems.However,the respiratory system bears the maximum brunt of the disease and continues to...
Introduction Esophageal perforation(EP)is a rare but potentially lethal clinical condition with a mortality rate as high as 20%[1].The most common causes of EP are iatrogenic,spontaneous,and foreign body ingestion[2]....
BACKGROUND Colonoscopy is essential for the diagnosis of intestinal Behcet’s disease(BD),which is characterized by a typical oval-shaped ulcer in the ileocecal region.However,potential risks of colonoscopy have rarel...
Purpose:As the pandemic continues,many complications,previously recognized as rare,are now being reported as more than frequent complications of Covid-19 pneumonia.Of those,pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax are gaini...
Pneumomediastinum is sometimes observed in adult patients but its occurrence in pediatric patients (especially infants) is very rare. We here report a 14-month-old male infant who had subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomed...
Thoracic air leak syndrome (TALS) is a rare complication of allogeneic stem cell transplant (Allo-SCT) and is associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of a 67-year-old male, after 20 months of Allo-SCT for a...