Pneumopericardium following tracheostomy closure.
Air within the pericardial sac is an unusual finding and its cause remains elusive. A case of a 41-year-old man with pneumopericardium following an episode of persistent cough one day after tracheostomy closure is presented. Conservative management with hemodynamic monitoring and serial chest X-rays was effective.
Koloutsos
Georgios
G
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Theagenio Cancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Barbetakis
Nikolaos
N
Kirodimos
Efthimios
E
Samanidis
Georgios
G
Paliouras
Dimitrios
D
Vahtsevanos
Kostas
K
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects