Open AccessPneumopericardium: a rare complication following pericardiocentesis
Author(s) -
Ajay Kumar Pandey,
Sushil Kumar Singh,
Vijayant Devenraj,
Sarvesh Kumar,
Vikas Singh
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-018-00785-9
Subject(s) - pneumopericardium , pericardiocentesis , medicine , pericardial effusion , pericardiectomy , cardiac tamponade , tamponade , surgery , complication , cardiothoracic surgery
Pneumopericardium is the presence of air in the pericardial cavity. It is a rare case entity that has been reported most commonly after trauma, or spontaneously without any underlying cause in a healthy adult. Pneumopericardium following pericardiocentesis has been rarely reported in the literature. Pneumopericardium is often self-resolving and rarely requires a pericardial drain for treatment. We report a case of pneumopericardium presented with tamponade physiology following pericardiocentesis for tubercular pericardial effusion, requiring emergency pericardiectomy.