Pneumopericardium after Foreign Body Aspiration: A Case Report

Abdelgalil       Ragab; Tarek    Al    Salhani; Sallam       Taha; Eyad       Darraj; Kamal       Moustafa

doi:10.2174/0250688201901010004

Abstract

A case of spontaneous pneumopericardium occurred in the patient after the aspiration of no sharp foreign body. The patient was sent to Operation Theater (OT), bronchoscopic extraction of the foreign body was performed, and the patient was stable postoperatively. Serial follow up X-rayswere done and showed resolving of the pneumopericardium.

Keywords: Pneumopericardium, Foreign body aspiration, Bronchoscopy, Complications foreign, Body aspiration, Asymptomatic.

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