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A Case Report of Tension Pneumopericardium Following Blunt Chest Trauma  

Sohn, Sang-Tae (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanil General Hospital, KEPCO Medical Foundation)
Kim, Eung-Soo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanil General Hospital, KEPCO Medical Foundation)
Kang, Jong-Yeol (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanil General Hospital, KEPCO Medical Foundation)
Song, Dong-Seop (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanbon Hospital, Wonkwang University)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.42, no.6, 2009 , pp. 803-806 More about this Journal
Abstract
A 49-year-old man visited our hospital via the emergency room. He had suffered chest trauma by falling down. His chest X-Ray showed pneumomediastinum with pneumopericardium. We checked the Chest CT, and it showed pneumopericardium without any injury to the other organs, the compressed heart and a minimal pneumothorax on the left hemithorax. Closed thoracostomy was then done under local anesthesia. We then performed open pericardiostomy under general anesthesia. We got a good result and so we report on this case.
Keywords
Chest; Trauma; Pericardium; Pneumomediastinum;
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