KB27.3
Pneumopericardium originating in the perinatal period
Pneumopericárdio originado no período perinatal
CategoryDefinition
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