title: Pneumopericardium as a non-small-cell lung carcinoma complication.
abstract: Below we present a case of a young man with symptoms of progressive weakness, fever, cough, rapid decrease in body weight and the presence of a tumor in the left axillary region. The chest radiography and echocardiography revealed gas bubbles in the pericardium. The more detailed diagnostics and computed tomography of the chest showed an infiltration of the left lung cavity and a fistula among the bronchus, pleural and pericardial cavities. Further diagnostics demonstrated that the pneumopericardium (diagnosed by means of chest radiograph and echocardiography) was a complication of a primary non-small-cell lung carcinoma.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. A. Sokołowski Specialist Hospital, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Kubisa
authors: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Regional Hospital, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Lesińska
authors: Department of General Surgery and Hand Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Paweł
authors: P
authors: Dec
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Prof. A. Sokołowski Specialist Hospital, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Małgorzata
authors: M
authors: Szewczak-Głodek
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Leszek
authors: L
authors: Kochanowski
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Bartosz
authors: B
authors: Kubisa
authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Prof. A. Sokolowski Specialist Hospital, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Grzegorz
authors: G
authors: Feledyk
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Michalina
authors: M
authors: Czarnecka
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Janusz
authors: J
authors: Wójcik
authors: Department of Thoracic Surgery and Transplantation, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Tomasz
authors: T
authors: Grodzki
keywords: Pneumopericardium; non-small-cell lung carcinoma; pneumothorax