Pneumothorax/pneumomediastinum as a complication of foreign body inhalation in 3 pediatric patients: A case series.
Ahmed K AlahmariAbdullah A AlhelaliAbdullah K AlahmariNehad J AhmedAssaf A AlkathiriKhalid T ArdiMohammed H BaaliMusleh H MubarkiMohammed A AlhamoudPublished in: Medicine (2022)
In this case series, we present 3 cases of children aged 2 to 5 years seen in our ER with a history of different types of organic FBI complicated by pneumomediastinum/pneumothorax. Pneumomediastinum/pneumothorax is a rare complication of FBI in pediatric patients. However, such complications require multidisciplinary collaboration for early diagnosis and intervention.