Delayed post-traumatic pneumopericardium producing acute cardiac tamponade.
Cardiac tamponade is a well-known result of fluid collection within the pericardial sac. That air in the pericardial sac can produce a similar clinical picture is not so well known. The author describes the case of a 38-year-old patient with acute cardiac tamponade produced by air within the pericardial sac after trauma.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*