Cardiac tamponade due to pneumopericardium.
Pneumopericardium is rare in acute asthma and cardiac tamponade has not been reported. The case is reported of a 20 year old asthmatic patient in whom assisted ventilation and high airway pressures resulted in tension pneumopericardium with clinical signs of cardiac tamponade that were relieved by pericardial aspiration.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000009:adverse effects; D011859:Radiography