Solve this exciting image challenge specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge. A two-year-old boy presents with a history of fever, aggressive cough, and swelling in the neck for four days. Medical examination reveals chest crepitus. His X-rays suggest a spontaneous pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema (Cover image). There is also evidence of spontaneous rupture of alveoli.
Possible intervention for this entity can be decompression of the emphysema through a cervical skin incision, and cardiac tamponade can help in critical cases. This image challenge is exclusively from the Docplexus Editorial Team for an educative purpose only! Source: Sherif, M. Hamman syndrome. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 16 Feb 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-97345 Daniyeh Khurram, Brijesh…
