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Pediatric emergency care · Apr 2014
Case ReportsA precordial rub in a boy with a severe attack of ulcerative colitis.
- Laura Badina, Giovanna Ferrara, Pierpaolo Guastalla, and Egidio Barbi.
- From the *Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo, and †University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2014 Apr 1; 30 (4): 268.
AbstractA case of a pneumomediastinum mimicking a pericarditis in a boy with an occult perforation due to ulcerative colitis is reported. Pneumomediastinum is a rare complication of severe attacks of ulcerative colitis, with or without the previous development of a toxic megacolon, that should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
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