Clinical presentation of air leak in an infant with undiagnosed cystic fibrosis: a case report
| Autor: | Wadha Alotaibi, Mohammed M. Al-Balawi, Khalid S. Ahmad, Abdullah Al-Shamrani, Khalid Al-Mobaireek, Suhail Al-Saleh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Cystic Fibrosis Population Pneumomediastinum Case Report Cystic fibrosis Diagnosis Differential medicine Humans Family history education Pneumomediastinum Diagnostic Medicine(all) education.field_of_study business.industry Bartter Syndrome Infant General Medicine medicine.disease Subcutaneous Emphysema Pseudo-Bartter’s Trachea Vomiting Female Tracheal tear medicine.symptom Airway business Complication Infants Subcutaneous emphysema |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 1752-1947 |
| Popis: | Introduction Air leak is a well-recognized complication of advanced cystic fibrosis in older children and adults but is extremely rare in infants. To the best of our knowledge, this is the youngest reported pediatric case of an air leak from a major airway. Case presentation A 4-month-old Yamani baby girl with a family history of cystic fibrosis initially presented with a history of a persistent paroxysmal cough for 3 weeks and vomiting for 1 week. Laboratory evaluation indicated pseudo-Bartter’s syndrome. Imaging showed a tracheal tear with pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema that was treated conservatively. Conclusions This case highlights the possibility of air leak in the population of young patients with cystic fibrosis and it shows a successful conservative management of tracheal tear. Physicians should consider cystic fibrosis in infants presenting with air leak. |
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