--- abstract: 'Secondary pneumothorax is a very common medical emergency. At times it is associated with pneumomediastinum, which could be fatal at times if not identified. We present a case of a 11 years old sputum positive child who presented with both these conditions and was diagnosed on chest x ray.' altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue41/2012-1-16.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - prashantpanda85@gmail.com creators_name: - family: Sood given: RG honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Sharma given: S honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Mokta given: JK honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Jhobta given: A honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Bhatia given: V honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Panda given: P honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2012-04-15 date_type: published datestamp: 2013-05-04 23:05:14 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/88/81 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 8881 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/8881/1/2012-1-16.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: ~ item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Pneumothorax; Pneumomediastinum; Continuous diaphragm sign. lastmod: 2013-05-04 23:05:14 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 1(16) pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tSahn SA, Heffner JE. Spontaneous Pneumothorax. N Engl J Med 2000;342:868-874\r\n2.\tBrander L, Ramsay D, Dreier D et al. Continuous left hemidiaphragm sign revisited: a case of spontaneous pneumopericardium and literature review. Heart. 2002;88:e5.\r\n3.\tZylak CM, Standen JR, Barnes GR, et al. Pneumomediastinum revisited. Radiographics. 2000;20:1043–1057\r\n4.\tBejvan SM, Godwin JD. Pneumomediastinum: Old Signs and New Signs. AJR 1996;166:1041-1048.\r\n5.\tKoulliasa GJ, Korkolisa DP, Wangb XJ, Hammond GL. Current assessment and management of spontaneous pneumomediastinum: experience in 24 adult patients. European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2004;25:852–855." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 10 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2013-05-04 23:05:14 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: 'Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum in a Sputum Positive Tuberculosis Patient: The Continuous Diaphragm Sign' type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 11