Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum Mimicking Acute Pericarditis

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2021 Dec 17

PMID 34917373

Citations 2

Authors

Haseeb Chaudhary

Zohaib Yousaf

Usama Nasir

Tayyab Waheed

Khezar Syed

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Abstract

ST elevations on electrocardiogram (ECG) have a broad differential diagnosis that can vary from benign to more ominous pathologies. These include early repolarization, coronary vasospasm, acute pericarditis, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, ventricular aneurysms, and dissecting aneurysm of the aorta reaching the pericardium. ST-segment changes may also provide a clue to the presence of spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM). These ECG changes are seldom reported in literature. We describe two SPM cases with concomitant pneumopericardium that closely mimicked acute pericarditis with a deceptive clinical spectrum.

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