Diffuse soft tissue emphysema as a complication of anorexia nervosa

A I Hatzitolios; M L Sion; A D Kounanis; E N Toulis; A Dimitriadis; I Ioannidis; G N Ziakas

doi:10.1136/pgmj.73.864.662

Diffuse soft tissue emphysema as a complication of anorexia nervosa

Postgrad Med J. 1997 Oct;73(864):662-4. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.73.864.662.

Authors

A I Hatzitolios¹, M L Sion, A D Kounanis, E N Toulis, A Dimitriadis, I Ioannidis, G N Ziakas

Affiliation

¹ 1st Propedeutic Medical Department, Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Abstract

We describe a case of a young woman with anorexia nervosa with a 35% weight loss, amenorrhea and behavioural disturbances complicated by spontaneous diffuse soft tissue emphysema (subcutaneous, pneumomediastinum, epidural and retroperitoneal).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Anorexia Nervosa / complications*
Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Emphysema / etiology*
Epidural Space / diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Mediastinal Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Mediastinal Emphysema / etiology
Retroperitoneal Space / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Spinal Diseases / etiology
Subcutaneous Emphysema / diagnostic imaging
Subcutaneous Emphysema / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed