title: Concomitant presentation and resolution of a post-traumatic pneumothorax and pneumopericardium.
abstract: The association of a right pneumothorax and a pneumopericardium due to non-penetrating trauma is exceedingly unusual. A patient with both complications presented 7 hours after a motorcycle accident. These were detected incidentally on a scout film for CT for lumbar fractures and both resolved entirely and simultaneously after chest tube insertion in the right pleural space.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Wanganui Base Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Van Gelderen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al-Hindawi
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Archibald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015505:Chest Tubes; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed