Case Report
Pneumomediastinum after Third Molar Extraction: Case Report, Physiopathology, and Literature Review
Table 1
Characteristics and complications of 26 cases of subcutaneous emphysema after wisdom tooth extraction reported from January 2010 to April 2020.
| | First author (reference number)/year | Sex/age (years) | No. of teeth extracted | Possible causes | Complications |
| | Kaliszewski [22]/2020 | F/21 | 18 | NS | PM | | North [1]/2019 | M/17 | 18 | CAT | PM + cervical edema | | Fehrle [25]/2019 | M/32 | 48 | Irrigation | PM | | Paschos [26]/2019 | F/17 | 38 | CAT | PM + PT | | Tay [12]/2018 | M/18 | 48 | Blowing nose | PM + PT + PR | | Zaheer [23]/2018 | F/55 | 48 | CAT | PM | | Jeong [24]/2018 | F/27 | 28 | NS | — | | F/22 | | NS | PM | | Thompson [8]/2017 | M/50 | 38 | CAT | PM | | Ocakcioglu [11]/2016 | M/23 | 48 | CAT | PM + PT | | Picard [16]/2015 | M/26 | 48 | CAT, vigorously using mouthwash | PM | | Tomasetti [4]/2015 | M/30 | | Valsalva maneuver | — | | Aslaner [10]/2015 | F/33 | 48 | CAT | PM | | Johannesma [20]/2014 | F/33 | 48 | CAT | PM + PP | | Fleischman [13]/2014 | F/15 | 28 | NS | — | | Baisi [27]/2014 | M/16 | 48 | Swimming | PM | | Lim [9]/2014 | F/30 | 38 | CAT | — | | Kün-Darbois [17]/2014 | F/41 | 38 | CAT | PM | | Olate [2]/2013 | F/23 | 48 | CAT | — | | Pilar [15]/2012 | M/30 | 48 | CAT | PM | | Chen [19]/2012 | F/25 | 28 | CAT | PM + PP | | Terzic [21]/2012 | F/49 | 28 | CAT, Valsalva maneuver | PM | | Romeo [18]/2011 | F/25 | 48 | CAT | Tracheal compression | | Maxwell [3]/2011 | M/21 | | Inflating a balloon | PM | | Hagr [14]/2010 | F/69 | 48 | Hydrogen peroxide | PM + infection/necrosis | | Pousios [28]/2010 | M/29 | 48 | CAT | PM |
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F = female; M = male; NS = not specified; CAT = compressed air turbine; PM = pneumomediastinum; PT = pneumothorax; PR = pneumotach; PP = pneumopericardium.
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