Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Hamman Syndrome is defined as a self-limiting syndrome, characterized by the coexistence of free air in the mediastinum without an identifiable cause or secondary to trauma, intrathoracic infections, or medical procedures. Clinical manifestations commonly present abruptly and consist mainly of substernal chest pain of a pleuritic nature (forced inspiration), dyspnea, facial pain, odynophagia, cough, dysphagia, and others. A case of Hamman syndrome during labor in a 21-year-old woman is presented.
DOI: 10.17352/jgro.000129
Authors: Esquivel Muñoz Diana Mayela, López Salinas Diego Fernando, Magaña Alexander Porter, Vargas-Hernández Victor Manuel
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4404253841