Pneumopericardium occurring after stab wound to the chest.
A 39-year old man was admitted to our hospital with a chest stab wound. The stab wound was approximately 3 cm long by 4 cm deep and located in the subxiphoid process area. Neither the pleura nor pericardium were involved. However, pneumopericardium was detected by posteroanterior chest x-ray and computed axial tomography. The patient was treated by conservative therapy, and the pneumopericardium spontaneously disappeared after 5 days. The patient was discharged on hospital day 7.
Department of Chest Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Cheonan, South Korea. csdoctor@korea.com <csdoctor@korea.com>
Seock Yeol
SY
Lee
Seung Jin
SJ
Lee
Cheol Woo
CW
Jeon
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000150:complications*