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Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: an algorithm for diagnosis and management

Kazuto Takada

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan, k-takada{at}komakihp.gr.jp

Shuuichi Matsumoto

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan

Tetsuo Hiramatsu

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan

Eiji Kojima

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan

Masato Shizu

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan

Shoutarou Okachi

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan

Kiyoko Ninomiya

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan

Hiroshi Morioka

Division of Respiratory and Allergy Medicine, Komaki Municipal Hospital, Komaki, Japan

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare disorder most often affecting young males which is generally self-limiting. Despite the benign prognosis with few complications and little morbidity, it frequently confuses clinicians in primary settings, who may have difficulty differentiating SPM from other serious organ ruptures, especially oesophageal rupture (the so-called Boerhaave syndrome), which may lead to mediastinitis and may be fatal, even with appropriate interventions. An overview of adult SPM is provided, reviewing 17 studies (414 patients), including our clinical experience, and finally an algorithm for diagnosis and management of SPM is proposed, based on the characteristics of SPM.

Key Words: mediastinal emphysema • pneumomediastinum • spontaneous pneumomediastinum

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Vol. 3, No. 6, 301-307 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1753465809350888
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