TY - JOUR TI - Hamman's syndrome (spontaneous pneumomediastinum presenting as subcutaneous emphysema): A rare case of the emergency department and review of the literature AU - Grapatsas, K. AU - Tsilogianni, Z. AU - Leivaditis, V. AU - Kotoulas, S. AU - Kotoulas, C. AU - Koletsis, E. AU - Iliadis, I.S. AU - Dahm, M. AU - Trakada, G. AU - Veletza, L. AU - Kallianos, A. AU - Huang, H. AU - Kosmidis, C. AU - Karanikas, M. AU - Thomaidis, V. AU - Porpodis, K. AU - Zarogoulidis, P. JO - Respiratory Medicine Case Reports PY - 2018 VL - 23 TODO - null SP - 63-65 PB - W.B. Saunders Ltd SN - 2213-0071 TODO - 10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.12.004 TODO - adult; Article; cardiorespiratory fitness; case report; clinical article; computer assisted tomography; conservative treatment; dyspnea; emergency ward; follow up; Hamman syndrome; human; male; pneumomediastinum; priority journal; rare disease; subcutaneous emphysema; thorax radiography; young adult TODO - Pneumomediastinum is a rare clinical entity that concerns the clinicians in the emergency department. We present a case of a patient with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (Hamman's syndrome) that presented to our hospital's emergency department with cervical subcutaneous emphysema. A conservative treatment with observation was performed. The patient after 24 hours of observation was discharged with a suggested follow-up. © 2017 The Authors ER -