A precordial rub in a boy with a severe attack of ulcerative colitis

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Apr;30(4):268. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000111.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Perforation / etiology
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology*
  • Pericarditis / diagnosis
  • Pericarditis / etiology*
  • Radiography, Thoracic