Citation

Pittman JA, Pounsford JC. J. Accid. Emerg. Med. 1997; 14(5): 335-336.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9315941

PMCID

PMC1343105

Abstract

Ecstasy is an illegal recreationally used drug. A case of a young woman who had taken this drug and was found to have a spontaneous pneumomediastinum is reported. The association of spontaneous pneumomediastinum with drug abuse is discussed. The possible mechanism for this complication of Ecstasy, which has not been previously reported, is discussed.

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