Mucor and Rhizopus cause life-threatening infections primarily involving the lungs and sinuses, which disseminate very rapidly by necrosis and infarction of the contiguous tissues. We present a case of a 64-year-old African American posttransplant patient who presented with a productive cough and weight loss. He had a past surgical history of renal transplant for renal cell carcinoma and was on...

A 71-year-old female with lung adenocarcinoma underwent surveillance PET/CT, which revealed new central necrotic cavitation of a preexisting left lower lobe mass, with communication between this air-filled cavity and the left mainstem bronchus, as well as pericardial effusion with large pneumopericardium, consistent with malignant bronchopericardial fistula (Fig. 1). Echocardiography and physic...

A 72-year-old man with a history of chemoradiation therapy for lung cancer and with known gastric ulcer was admitted due to chest pain. On day 6, a chest X-ray showed air around the heart (Picture 1) and computed tomography showed a fistula between the pericardium and the gastric ulcer (Picture 2). A diagnosis of cardiac tamponade caused by a pneumopericardium was made, and a drainage tube was ...

Minimally invasive atrial septal defect (ASD) closure is a commonly performed cardiac surgical procedure and has good outcome. We report an interesting chest X-ray showing pneumopericardium in a patient who underwent ASD closure using a minimally invasive approach.

Numerous causes of pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, and pneumopericardium have been described in the literature. The authors report a unique case in which one or more causes may have contributed to the patient's condition.