What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to highlight a rare diagnosis of spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting with abdominal pain.

May 26, 2026Oxford Medical Case Reports0 citationsOpen Access

A rare cause of abdominal pain: spontaneous pneumomediastinum with subcutaneous emphysema

OTOuiam Taibi INIsmail Neftah RBRania Bouanane

Key Points

The aim is to highlight a rare diagnosis of spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting with abdominal pain.
Case report of a young man presenting to the emergency department.
Diagnosis was determined after evaluation for abdominal pain.
The patient was diagnosed with spontaneous pneumomediastinum.
Cervical emphysema was also identified alongside the pneumomediastinum.

Abstract

Abstract Spontaneous mediastinal emphysema is rare and is usually associated with a sudden increase in alveolar pressure. The most common presenting symptom is acute chest pain. We report the case of a young man who presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain, which was ultimately diagnosed as spontaneous pneumomediastinum associated with cervical emphysema.

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