title: Spontaneous pneumopericardium related to active cytomegaloviral infection in a lung transplant recipient. The Groningen Lung Transplantation Group.
abstract: Spontaneous pneumopericardium occurred in a patient almost 4 weeks after bilateral lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis. The patient had no specific complaints and was in stable haemodynamic condition. We suggest that this pneumopericardium was related to a concomitant active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection. After treatment of the CMV infection, the pneumopericardium resolved spontaneously.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Mannes
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van der Bij
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: de Boer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000821:virology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000821:virology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed