Erschienen in:
01.09.2007 | Letter to the Editor
The development of pneumomediastinum after pulmonary function testing in a patient with systemic sclerosis
verfasst von:
Jae-Bum Jun, Soon-Young Song
Erschienen in:
Rheumatology International
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Ausgabe 11/2007
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Excerpt
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum has been reported in various rheumatic diseases, especially dermatomyositis with interstitial lung disease [
1]. Moreover, pneumomediastinum can occur after forced procedure, such as pulmonary function test (PFT) [
2]. However, pneumomediastinum has never been reported in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), even after essential procedure, such as PFT in patients with interstitial lung disease. …