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BMJ Case Rep
January 2025
Pulmonary Medicine, K S Hegde Medical Academy, Mangaluru, Karnataka, India
A nulliparous woman in her late 30s with a history of pericardial patch repair for atrial septal defect and completed treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis 9 years ago presented with chest pain, breathlessness and abdominal pain. Radiological imaging revealed right-sided pneumothorax, pneumopericardium and pneumoperitoneum for which an intercostal drain (ICD) was placed. A contrast-enhanced CT of the abdomen showed a distal stomach perforation, which was managed conservatively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Surg Case Rep
February 2021
Department of Urology, Saint Paul Hospital, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Introduction And Importance: Pneumopericardium is collection of gas in pericardial space. Retrospective reviews have described pneumopericardium as a complication of laparoscopic surgery, however, without any symptoms. By this report, we present a case who developed acute cardiopulmonary symptoms after retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephrectomy because of pneumopericardium.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Trauma Acute Care Surg
December 2020
From the Department of Surgery (S.P.-W.), and Division of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, Department of Surgery (D.A.M.T.), Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital; Department of Surgery, University of Antioquia (D.A.M.T.); Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery (L.M.V.), Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital; Department of Surgery (D.A.M.T.), University of Antioquia; Thoracic Surgery (L.M.V.), Department of Surgery, Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital, Medellin, Colombia.
J Artif Organs
September 2020
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
We report an uncommon case of ventricular assist device-related infection and resultant fistula formation into the gastrointestinal tract. A 69-year-old man, who had undergone implantation of a HeartMate II 1 year earlier secondary to ischemic cardiomyopathy, presented to our hospital with a high fever. Computed tomography showed unusual gas collection around the heart apex (i.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The purpose of this study is to determine the anatomica! aspects, mechanisms, risk factors and appropriate management of development of pneumothorax during a routine colonoscopy.
Material Of Study: The review has been carried out according to PRISMA statement. The literature search included PubMed and Scopus database.
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