A case of a pneumomediastinum mimicking a pericarditis in a boy with an occult perforation due to ulcerative colitis is reported. Pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of severe attacks of ulcerative colitis, with or without the previous development of a toxic megacolon, that should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
A precordial rub in a boy with a severe attack of ulcerative colitis / Badina, Laura; Ferrara, Giovanna; Guastalla, P; Barbi, Egidio. - In: PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY CARE. - ISSN 0749-5161. - STAMPA. - (2014), pp. 268-268. [10.1097/PEC.0000000000000111]
A precordial rub in a boy with a severe attack of ulcerative colitis.
BADINA, LAURA;FERRARA, GIOVANNA;BARBI, EGIDIO
2014-01-01
Abstract
A case of a pneumomediastinum mimicking a pericarditis in a boy with an occult perforation due to ulcerative colitis is reported. Pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of severe attacks of ulcerative colitis, with or without the previous development of a toxic megacolon, that should be considered in the differential diagnosis.File in questo prodotto:
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