Pneumomediastinum after acute lymphoblastic leukemia and chemotherapy?

作     者：Alain Cruz-Portelles 

作者机构：Critical Care Medicine DepartmentV I Lenin University General HospitalHolguin 80100Cuba 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)

年 卷 期：2014年第2卷第5期

页      面：170-171页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Acute lymphoblastic leukemia Pneumomediastinum Pneumorachis Chemotherapy Case report 

摘      要：Pneumomediastinum,pneumorachis and subcutaneous emphysema are frequently benign and most commonly result from air escaping from the upper respiratory tract,intrathoracic airways,or gastrointestinal *** can also be generated by certain infections or reach the mediastinal space from outside air after trauma or *** the article presented by Showkat et al a 14-year-old male patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL) under chemotherapy developed pneumomediastinum,pneumorachis and subcutaneous *** the author s opinion,these complications were caused by ALL or chemotherapy that progressed to severe respiratory failure until the patient finally died in the intensive care unit.I would like to underline some important points,which have been raised following a paper published in the October issue of World Journal of Clinical Cases.