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Non-traumatic Pneumopericardium-CXR

This is unusual CXR submitted by a medicine colleague Dr Achin Mehra, which shows pneumopericardium with no trauma and pericardial tap was suggestive of pyo-pneumopericardium due to gas forming organism. It is differentiated from pneumomediastinum as it does not extend beyond the aortic root.


Non-traumatic Pneumopericardium-CXR Reviewed by Sumer Sethi on Thursday, July 26, 2012 Rating: 5

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