Spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium in a 16-year-old drug-abusing motorcyclist surrounded by a pack of coyotes

Spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium in a 16-year-old drug-abusing motorcyclist surrounded by a pack of coyotes

Haines JD; Chop WM; Swyden SN

Postgraduate Medicine

1989

Humans; Male; Animals; adolescent; Mediastinal Emphysema/etiology; Motorcycles; Panic; Pneumopericardium/etiology; Pneumothorax/etiology; Smoke Inhalation Injury/complications; Substance-Related Disorders/complications; Wild

Numerous causes of pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium have been described in the literature. The authors report a unique case in which one or more causes may have contributed to the patient's condition.

1989

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