Case Report
A Rare Case of Pneumopericardium in the Setting of Tuberculous Constrictive Pericarditis
Table 1
Summary of selected case reports on pneumopericardium.
| Case | Age/sex | Etiology | Presentation | Management | Outcome |
| 1 | 20/M [1] | Pericardiocentesis of TB effusion | Pleuritic chest pain | Conservative Steroids TB meds | Improved |
| 2 | 47/F [6] | Pericardiocentesis in scleroderma | Asymptomatic | Conservative Steroids | Improved |
| 3 | 69/M [7] | CABG | Cardiac tamponade | Surgical decompression | Improved |
| 4 | 40/F [8] | Double valve replacement | Cough Pericardial friction rub | Conservative | Improved |
| 5 | 80/F [3] | Rupture of gastric volvulus into pericardial cavity | STEMI | Palliative | Expired |
| 6 | 60/F [9] | Barotrauma (mechanical ventilation) | Pneumothorax Pneumomediastinum Desaturation | Pericardiocentesis Needling CPR | Expired |
| 7 | 54/M [5] | Bacterial infection (Streptococcus milleri) | Cardiac tamponade High fever | Pericardiocentesis Antibiotics Intrapericardial urokinase | Improved |
| 8 | 20/M [10] | Spontaneous | Dyspnea Neck & chest pain Crepitus | Conservative | Improved |
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TB = tuberculous/tuberculosis; CABG = coronary artery bypass graft; STEMI = ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
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