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Chapter 11 - Pericardium
Michael T. Ashworth
Book:

Pathology of Heart Disease in the Fetus, Infant and Child

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19 August 2019

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22 August 2019, pp 243-251
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Summary

A separate chapter is devoted to the pericardium, beginning with congenital absence of pericardium and other congenital defects and cysts. Pericardial effusion is treated in some detail together with the related topics of tamponade and haemorrhage. There are sections on inflammation of the pericardium that also include discussion of post-pericardiotomy syndrome and of constrictive pericarditis. The chapter closes with a short discussion of pericardial tumours.

A full-term healthy neonate with respiratory distress
I. Nederlof, A. A. W. Roest, J. S. Starreveld
Journal:

Cardiology in the Young / Volume 28 / Issue 3 / March 2018

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10 January 2018, pp. 500-501
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Pneumopericardium, defined as air in the pericardial cavity, is a rare condition with potentially severe complications and mortality. In the neonatal period, pneumopericardium is associated with prematurity, very low birth weight, and assisted ventilation. We report the occurrence of spontaneous pneumopericardium in a healthy full-term neonate who did not receive any supportive ventilation.

Pneumopericardium associated with high-frequency jet ventilation during laser surgery of the hypopharynx in a child
S. Mikkelsen, K. E. Knudsen
Journal:

European Journal of Anaesthesiology / Volume 14 / Issue 6 / November 1997

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16 August 2006, pp. 659-661

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November 1997
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A case of pneumopericardium, without concomitant pneumothorax, resulting from high frequency jet ventilation during laser surgery of the hypopharynx is described. The patient, a four-year-old boy, suffered cardiac arrest as a consequence of the incident. The pneumopericardium was likely to have been caused by obstruction to the expiratory flow during surgery. Other possible explanations for the incident are discussed.

Pneumopericardium: An unusual manifestation of blunt tracheal trauma
V. V. Chitre, P. R. Prinsley, S. M. H. Hashmi
Journal:

The Journal of Laryngology & Otology / Volume 111 / Issue 4 / April 1997

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29 June 2007, pp. 387-388

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April 1997
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A case of pneumopericardium in a child following blunt injury to his trachea is described. Such a case has not been previously described in the literature. A probable anatomical explanation for this rare event is offered.

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