title: The Macklin effect causing a pneumopericardium.
abstract: Pleuropericarditis is a common clinical entity that has been reported in association with several diseases. However, pleuropericarditis following blunt thoracic trauma is very rare and difficult to diagnose. Here we present a case of a young man who presented to the emergency department with acute shortness of breath following a motor vehicle accident. He was found to have a pleuro-pericardial communication worsened by barotrauma, resulting in tension pneumopericardium.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
authors: Aravind
authors: A
authors: Sekhar
authors: Prafull
authors: P
authors: Raheja
authors: Sohail
authors: S
authors: Ikram
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D015505:Chest Tubes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011026:Pneumopericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*