Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis
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...
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| author | Haseeb Chaudhary Zohaib Yousaf Usama Nasir Tayyab Waheed Khezar Syed |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-ac9aeeff22ee4d92945480b58e43850b2022-12-22T04:16:19ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042021-12-01912n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.5156Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditisHaseeb Chaudhary0Zohaib Yousaf1Usama Nasir2Tayyab Waheed3Khezar Syed4Department of Medicine Reading HospitalTower Health System Reading Pennsylvania USADepartment of Medicine Hamad General Hospital Doha QatarDepartment of Medicine Reading HospitalTower Health System Reading Pennsylvania USADepartment of Medicine Reading HospitalTower Health System Reading Pennsylvania USADepartment of Medicine Reading HospitalTower Health System Reading Pennsylvania USAAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5156acute pericarditisECGpneumomediastinumST‐T wave changes |
| spellingShingle | Haseeb Chaudhary Zohaib Yousaf Usama Nasir Tayyab Waheed Khezar Syed Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis Clinical Case Reports acute pericarditis ECG pneumomediastinum ST‐T wave changes |
| title | Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis |
| title_full | Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis |
| title_fullStr | Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis |
| title_short | Spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis |
| title_sort | spontaneous pneumomediastinum mimicking acute pericarditis |
| topic | acute pericarditis ECG pneumomediastinum ST‐T wave changes |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5156 |
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