title: [Spontaneous (idiopathic) pneumopericardium. A case report and review of the literature].
abstract: Pneumopericardium is a rare entity, but it can occur in a wide variety of clinical situations. The spontaneous cases are very rare and generally can be associated with some predisposing or precipitating conditions. We report a case in which the pathogenesis of pneumopericardium undefined after conventional diagnostic clinical investigation. A concise review of the recent literature is presented, and some practical clinical remarks are made.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia, Ospedale Civile di Bassano del Grappa (VI).
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gheno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantone
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cucchini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011027:Pneumoperitoneum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic
vernacular_title: Pneumopericardio spontaneo (idiopatico). Descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura.