Pulmonary Involvement in Decompression Sickness of a Self Contained Underwater Breath Apparatus Diver.
10.5763/kjsm.2013.31.1.30
- Author:
So Won LEE
1
;
Sung Shine SHIM
;
Jinha CHOI
;
Yookyung KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sinisim@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Self contained underwater breath apparatus diving;
Dyspnea;
Decompression sickness
- MeSH:
Decompression;
Decompression Sickness;
Dyspnea;
Emergencies;
Thorax
- From:The Korean Journal of Sports Medicine
2013;31(1):30-33
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Decompression sickness is a self contained underwater breath apparatus (SCUBA)-related injury with various symptoms and is considered an extreme emergency condition. This is a case of pulmonary involvement in decompression sickness in a 26-year-old SCUBA diver. Although pulmonary involvement in decompression sickness is a potentially severe condition that requires immediate treatment, this condition can be under- or misdiagnosed, and evaluation of this disease by imaging findings is not clearly understood. We experienced a case of pulmonary involvement in decompression sickness and herein present the chest computed tomography and simple radiograph findings associated with this condition.
