The association of a right pneumothorax and a pneumopericardium due to non-penetrating trauma is exceedingly unusual. A patient with both complications presented 7 hours after a motorcycle accident. These were detected incidentally on a scout film for CT for lumbar fractures and both resolved entirely and simultaneously after chest tube insertion in the right pleural space.
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