Pneumopericardium


Pneumopericardium

Infobox_Disease
Name = Pneumopericardium


Caption = CT scan showing pneumopericardium with pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, hemothorax, and pulmonary contusion after severe chest traumacite journal |author=Konijn AJ, Egbers PH, Kuiper MA |title=Pneumopericardium should be considered with electrocardiogram changes after blunt chest trauma: a case report |journal=J Med Case Reports |volume=2 |issue= |pages=100 |year=2008 |pmid=18394149 |pmc=2323010 |doi=10.1186/1752-1947-2-100 |url=http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/2/1/100]
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ICD10 = ICD10|I|31|9|i|30, ICD10|P|25|3|p|20, ICD10|S|26|8|s|20
ICD9 = ICD9|770.2, ICD9|860.1
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Pneumopericardium is a medical condition where air enters the pericardial cavity.

It can be congenital, or introduced by a wound.

ee also

* Hamman's sign

References

External links

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* http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/thoracicsurgeryvolII/chapter2figure19.jpg


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