Citation

Demetriades D, Levy R, Hatzitheofilou C, Chun R. J. Trauma 1990; 30(2): 238-239.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2304125

Abstract

We report a patient who developed tension pneumopericardium following penetrating trauma to the chest. Lung adhering to the pleura due to previous infection prevented the lung from collapsing and resulted in diversion of the air leak into the anterior mediastinum and from there through a breach into the pericardium.

Language: en