| Literature DB >> 17136544 |
Maria do Socorro Teixeira Moreira Almeida1, Lucas Teixeira Dias, Sérgio José Silva Fernandes, João Vicente Moreira Almeida.
Abstract
A 40-year-old woman with known systemic sclerosis presented with dyspnea. She had been treated for pneumonia, 2 months prior to the present admission and at this time presented with sudden dyspnea and was found to have a spontaneous pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema. Pneumomediastinum is an extremely rare complication in patients with systemic sclerosis.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17136544 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0260-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rheumatol Int ISSN: 0172-8172 Impact factor: 3.580