Bronchogenic carcinoma: a rare cause of nontraumatic pneumopericardium.
The history of a 67-year-old woman presenting a sudden nontraumatic pneumopericardium is reported. Investigation revealed that this patient had developed a bronchopericardial fistula secondary to a bronchogenic carcinoma. The clinical diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy. Although it is fairly evident that in this case the pneumopericardium could be related to the bronchogenic carcinoma, only a few reports of such an association have been published in the literature.
D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000209:etiology*