An unusual etiology of abdominal pain and spontaneous pneumomediastinum in a young adult

作者:Sun Dalong*; Chen Fengyuan; Wang Chenxi
来源:American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014, 32(8): 947.e1.
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.035

摘要

Among numerous manifestations of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) has seldom been described. It usually has a benign character and usually is a self-limited condition. Recently, we encountered a young adult complained of abdominal pain with interesting radiologic findings of SPM, a complication of DKA. We describe our case and review the previous literature.