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Pneumopericardium
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Contents
Background
- Generally secondary to connection between pericardium and pleural cavity, bronchi, or GI tract
Clinical Features
Differential Diagnosis
Causes of pneumopericardium
- GI malignancy
- PUD
- Esophageal diverticula
- Barotrauma
- Mechanical ventilation complication
- SCUBA diving/rapid ascent
- Drug inhalation (especially associated with crack cocaine)
- Asthma
- Valsalva
- Drug inhalation
- Infectious pericarditis with gas-producing bacteria
- Thoracic surgery
- Pericardial fluid drainage
- Blast injury
- Blunt or penetratic Thoracic trauma
- Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
Evaluation
Management
Disposition
See Also
References
Authors
Kevin Lu, Claire, Ross Donaldson, Michael Holtz, Daniel Ostermayer, Neil Young
