title: Tension pneumopericardium following penetrating trauma: case report.
abstract: We report a patient who developed tension pneumopericardium following penetrating trauma to the chest. Lung adhering to the pleura due to previous infection prevented the lung from collapsing and resulted in diversion of the air leak into the anterior mediastinum and from there through a breach into the pericardium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demetriades
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hatzitheofilou
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging