KB27.3

Pneumopericardium originating in the perinatal period

Pneumopericárdio originado no período perinatal

Category

Definition

Presence of air in the pericardial cavity usually from tracking of free air from ruptured alveolar ducts along the perivascular sheaths of pulmonary blood vessels, or rupture of subpleural bleb

Index Terms

Pneumopericardium originating in the perinatal periodperinatal pneumopericardiumpneumopericardium of fetus or newborncongenital pneumopericardium