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Cancer-Related Pneumopericardium: A Case Report and Literature Review

open access: yesCase Reports in Oncology, 2020
Pneumopericardium is a relatively rare entity mostly described in the literature as a result of causes such as penetrating/blunt trauma and iatrogenic causes during cardiothoracic procedures.
Samina Hirani   +3 more
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Tension Pneumopericardium In Blunt Thoracic Trauma [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Pneumopericardium, defined as the presence of gas in the pericardial sac, is a rare condition caused mostly by trauma. Tension pneumopericardium is a cause of hemodynamic instability; hence, it consists in a life-threatening situation and should be ...
Rolim Marques   +6 more
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Tension pneumopericardium in a polytrauma patient

open access: yesBiomedical Papers, 2023
Introduction. Tension pneumopericardium is a life-threatening condition, manifesting most commonly as hemodynamic instability caused by cardiac tamponade.
Jana Pometlova   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Asymptomatic Pneumopericardium with Atrial Fibrillation after Pericardiocentesis: A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2019
Air inside the pericardial cavity is called “pneumopericardium”, which is a rare complication of pericardiocentesis. Pneumopericardium may resolve spontaneously or can complicate into tension pericardium, requiring urgent aspiration. We herein describe a
Hammad Shah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pneumopericardium secondary to oesophageal cancer presenting as myocardial infarction: a case report

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, 2021
The diagnosis of pneumopericardium can be challenging, as the symptoms are sometimes non‐specific and can mimic those of other diseases. Especially, focal pneumopericardium presenting with regional ST‐segment elevation on the electrocardiogram can be ...
Yu‐Shan Shih   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Recurrent thoracic air leak syndrome in patients affected by pulmonary graft‐versus‐host disease: Surgical strategies and outcome

open access: yesPediatric Pulmonology, Volume 58, Issue 11, Page 3206-3212, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Background and Aims Thoracic air leak syndrome (TALS) is a complication related to chronic pulmonary graft‐versus‐host disease (pGvHD) that affects approximately 0.83%−3.08% patients after allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant. Such complication is defined as the occurrence of any form of air leak in the thorax, including spontaneous ...
Giorgio Persano   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preterm Neonate with Spontaneous Pneumopericardium without any Other Associated Air Leaks [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
We report a case of a preterm neonate with isolated spontaneous pneumopericardium occurring in the absence of a history of neonatal resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, major lung disease or another air leak. The pneumopericardium was asymptomatic and
Suryawanshi P., Klimek J.
doaj   +1 more source

Spontaneous tension pneumomediastinum with pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema as a complication of COVID‐19 disease

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, Volume 11, Issue 7, July 2023., 2023
Key Clinical Message Recently spontaneous tension pneumomediastinum (STM), were reported as infrequent complications in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patients but pneumothorax (PT), and subcutaneous emphysema (SE) are more frequently seen in COVID‐19 patients. PT and SE may present after PTM in COVID‐19.
Manouchehr Aghajanzadeh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tension Pneumopericardium after Pericardiocentesis

open access: yes, 2016
Pneumopericardium is defined as the presence of air inside the pericardial space. Usually, it is reported as a complication of blunt or penetrating chest trauma, but rare iatrogenic and spontaneous cases have been reported.
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core   +2 more sources

CT-Guided Pericardiocentesis in a Case of Tension Pneumopericardium and Tamponade Secondary to an Enteropericardial Fistula

open access: yesJACC: Case Reports, 2023
Tension pneumopericardium is most commonly traumatic. Nontraumatic etiologies are rare, but have been reported with gastropericardial and esophagopericardial fistulas. We present the case of a 54-year-old patient who developed a tension pneumopericardium
Ali O. Ibrahim, MD   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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