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Table 3: Preexisting Diseases in 148 patients with Spontaneous

From: Spontaneous primary pneumomediastinum: is it always benign?

Asthma

57 (18)

Dermatomyositis

19 (6.03)

Cancer-related complications

12 (3.8)

DKA

8 (2.5)

COPD

7 (2.2)

Broncholithiasis

5 (1.6)

Tuberculosis

3 (0.95)

Cystic lung disease

2 (0.56

PCP/HIV

2 (0.56)

Influenza-like syndrome

4 (1.3)

Rabies

2 (0.56)

Anorexia Nervosa

2 (0.56)

Achalasia Cardia

1 (0.31)

Blebs

1 (0.31)

Myocardial infarction

1 (0.31)

21-hydroxylase deficiency

1 (0.31)

Total

148 (43.6)

  1. DKA: Diabetic ketoacidosis, COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, PCP/HIV: Pnumocystis carinii pneumonia/AIDS