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Heart Point in Pneumothorax: A Case Report and Comparison to Mimicking Signs. [PDF]
Case Rep Crit CareBackground Lung ultrasound is increasingly used in critical care medicine to identify pneumothorax, usually by the absence of lung sliding and identification of the lung point. Heart point is a less recognized but specific sign in cardiac ultrasound indicating pneumothorax.
Verhees V, de Kok LGC.
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MANAGING PNEUMOPERICARDIUM IN ADVANCED LUNG CANCER: A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW [PDF]
SanamedIntroduction: Pneumopericardium, though rare, can lead to severe complications such as cardiac tamponade, particularly in patients with malignancies.
Chaaban Batoul +3 more
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Perforation of Jejunum as a Rare Complication of Pericardiocentesis: A Case Report. [PDF]
Clin Case RepABSTRACT The safety of pericardiocentesis as a therapy for cardiac tamponade has improved since the advent of echocardiography‐guided pericardiocentesis. The most serious complications include injury of the cardiac chambers, laceration of the coronary arteries or intercostal vessels, puncture of the abdominal viscera or peritoneal cavity, pneumothorax,
Bahrami F, Mehrpooya M, Ahmadi SM.
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Nonoperative Management of a Pediatric Blunt Traumatic Distal Tracheal Injury. [PDF]
Case Rep PediatrIntroduction Blunt traumatic tracheal injury in children is rare and potentially life‐threatening. Operative management has traditionally been recommended, though recent reports suggest that nonoperative management may be appropriate in selected patients. Case Presentation A previously healthy 10‐year‐old boy presented after an unwitnessed helmeted all‐
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AnimalsPeritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia (PPDH) is an opening between the pericardial sac and the pleuroperitoneal membrane. Pneumopericardium is an infrequent complication of PPDH.
Debora Campanile +6 more
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Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2017 Mucor and Rhizopus cause life-threatening infections primarily involving the lungs and sinuses, which disseminate very rapidly by necrosis and infarction of the contiguous tissues.
Sana Khan +6 more
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A rare complication of pericardiocentesis: Pneumopericardium [PDF]
, 2022 Pneumopericardium is a rare complication of pericardiocentesis and defined as the presence of air in the pericardial space. Pneumopericardium usually occurs after trauma. However, pneumopericardium due to iatrogenic procedures, such as pericardiocentesis,
Şenöz, Oktay
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Neonatal Pneumopericardium [PDF]
Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short ReportsJiantao Zhang, MD, Zheng Zhang, MD
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ARYA Atherosclerosis, 2013 BACKGROUND: Pneumopericardium is a rare complication following thoracic trauma, and urgent treatment is rendered necessary when it causes tension pneumopericardium due to cardiac tamponade.
Seyhan Yılmaz, Ayşegül KOÇ
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Post-traumatic compressive pneumopericardium with spontaneous ventilation: Case report
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021 Pneumopericardium is a rare complication of a blunt thoracic trauma. It is defined as the presence of air in the pericardial sac. There are just a few cases described in the literature.This article brings pneumopericardium to light, reinforcing the ...
Jamal Ouachaou +5 more
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