Pneumopericardium: a rare complication following pericardiocentesis

Pneumopericardium is the presence of air in the pericardial cavity. It is a rare case entity that has been reported most commonly after trauma, or spontaneously without any underlying cause in a healthy adult. Pneumopericardium following pericardiocentesis has been rarely reported in the literature....

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Veröffentlicht in:Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2019-07, Vol.35 (3), p.493-495
Hauptverfasser: Pandey, Ajay Kumar, Singh, Sushil Kumar, Devenraj, Vijayant, Kumar, Sarvesh, Singh, Vikas
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Zusammenfassung:Pneumopericardium is the presence of air in the pericardial cavity. It is a rare case entity that has been reported most commonly after trauma, or spontaneously without any underlying cause in a healthy adult. Pneumopericardium following pericardiocentesis has been rarely reported in the literature. Pneumopericardium is often self-resolving and rarely requires a pericardial drain for treatment. We report a case of pneumopericardium presented with tamponade physiology following pericardiocentesis for tubercular pericardial effusion, requiring emergency pericardiectomy.
ISSN:0970-9134
0973-7723
DOI:10.1007/s12055-018-00785-9