A 34-year-old man with amyopathic dermatomyositis and rapidly progressive dyspnea with facial swelling. Diagnosis: pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema secondary to amyopathic dermatomyositis-associated interstitial lung disease

Chest. 2007 Nov;132(5):1710-3. doi: 10.1378/chest.07-0286.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Dermatomyositis / complications*
  • Dermatomyositis / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dyspnea / diagnosis
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Edema / diagnosis
  • Edema / etiology
  • Face
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / complications*
  • Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnosis
  • Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology*
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnosis
  • Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology*