Posttraumatic pneumopericardium: a sign of severe injury or radiodiagnostic rarity?
Language English Country Czech Republic Media print
Document type Case Reports, Journal Article
PubMed
16956123
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Accidents, Traffic MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Pneumopericardium diagnostic imaging etiology MeSH
- Thoracic Injuries complications diagnostic imaging MeSH
- Radiography MeSH
- Wounds, Nonpenetrating complications diagnostic imaging MeSH
- Check Tag
- Adult MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Case Reports MeSH
We present three cases of pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma injury. All three patients were victims of road traffic accidents. All had multiple associated injuries and pneumopericardium was found as the additional finding. Pneumopericardium was treated conservatively with thoracic drains placement and patients observation. Transesophageal echocardiography was used as a method of choice for exclusion of cardiac air tamponade. All three patients survived.
Tension pneumopericardium in a polytrauma patient
