Posttraumatic Pneumopericardium: A Sign of Severe Injury or Radiodiagnostic Rarity?

We present three cases of pneumopericardium following blunt chest trauma injury. All three patients were victims of road traffic accidents. All had multiple associated injuries and pneumopericardium was found as the additional finding. Pneumopericardium was treated conservatively with thoracic drain...

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Main Authors: Vladimír Lonský, Jiří Manďák, Jan Harrer, Martin Tuna, Petr Dvořák, Tomáš Dědek, Jan Dominik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2006-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/49/2/0129/