Abstract
Pneumopericardium is known as a rare complication following cardiothoracic surgery or intravenous line placement. Baseline examination including chest x-ray may lead to diagnosis. To prevent cardiac tamponade, pericardiotomy or adaequate pericardial drainage is crucial. We revealed pneumopericardium as the reason for new dyspnea and tachycardia in a 56-year-old man 3 weeks after lobectomy and lymphadenectomy because of a non-small cell lung cancer. Early decision for transpleural pericardiotomy prevented a possibly lethal course.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
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Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / surgery*
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Cough / etiology*
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Dyspnea / etiology*
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Electrocardiography
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Fistula / complications
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Fistula / diagnosis
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Heart Diseases / complications
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Heart Diseases / diagnosis
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Humans
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Lung Neoplasms / pathology
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Lung Neoplasms / surgery*
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Lymph Node Excision*
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Neoplasm Staging
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Pericardium
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Pneumonectomy*
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Pneumopericardium / diagnosis*
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Pneumopericardium / etiology
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Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
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Postoperative Complications / etiology
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Respiratory Tract Fistula / complications
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Respiratory Tract Fistula / diagnosis
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Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
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Tachycardia / etiology*
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Tracheal Diseases / complications
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Tracheal Diseases / diagnosis