Clinical experience of spontaneous pneumomediastinum: diagnosis and treatment.

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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a benign disease with a variety degree of severity but definite treatment modality is not clearly identified with its rarity. The purpose of this study was to review our experience and discuss the management of SPM according to the severity of disease.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Thorac Dis

Title: Journal of thoracic disease

ISSN: 2072-1439

ISSN (Print): 2072-1439

Publication date (Electronic): Oct 2015

Volume: 7

Issue: 10

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[1 ] 1 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea ; 2 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Bucheon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon, Republic of Korea ; 3 Department of Radiology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

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Publisher Item ID: jtd-07-10-1817

DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.10.58

PMC ID: 4635256

PubMed ID: 26623105

SO-VID: 81032afd-7df1-42e9-87f4-efbe924ce3ef

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Keywords: mediastinal emphysema,chest pain,Pneumomediastinum,subcutaneous emphysema

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Keywords: mediastinal emphysema, chest pain, Pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema

Clinical experience of spontaneous pneumomediastinum: diagnosis and treatment.

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