Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a complication of anorexia nervosa?
Open Access
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Vol. 61 (719), 815-817
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.61.719.815
Abstract
Summary: We describe a patient with anorexia nervosa who developed a spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Five other patients have been reported with this association, suggesting that tissue changes in anorexia nervosa may predispose to this condition.Keywords
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