Affiliation:
1. Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Abstract
Pneumopericardium is presence of air within the pericardial space. It is rare complication of blunt or penetrating chest trauma and may also occur iatrogenically. A case report of pneumopericarium caused by blunt chest trauma, condition was diagnosed by chest CT (Computed Tomography) scan; patient was vitally stable and managed conservatively with spontaneous resolution of pneumopericardium 10 days after admission.
Publisher
Edelweiss Publications Inc
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