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A Case of Neonatal Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum.
Kee Hwan Yoo, Ho Chan Na, Min Shik Kim, Hyun Kum Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(4):427-430.   Published online April 30, 1987
Neonatal spontaneous pneumomediastinum is a rare phenomenon which is observed in case of respiratory distressed, meconium stained and meconium aspirated neonate. In certain state, air can leak from the ruptured alveoli into the pulmonary interstitium and movement of this air along the vascular structures may result in pneumomediastinum. We experienced a case of spontaneous pneumomediastinum, in a 3 day-old male infant (43+5 wks gestational...