Three serial chest radiographs (CXR) are presented to document the patient’s clinical course. (A) Patient’s on CXR to the emergency department, which shows a right sided pulmonary infiltrate as the probable cause nfants presenting respiratory distress. (B) The development of pneumopericardium (black arrows) after endotratubation. (C) CXR taken after pericardiocentesis and insertion of a pericar...

Pneumopericardium (PPC) is a rare but potentially serious condition that is defined as the presence of air-fluid level in the pericardial sac. It may ocur spontaneously or may be associated with invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, bronchospasm, esophageal disorders and other problems (1). We describe a case of incidentally detected spontaneous PPC, who hospitalized with diagnosis of...

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Air within the pericardial sac is an unusual finding and its cause remains elusive. A case of a 41-year-old man with pneumopericardium following an episode of persistent cough one day after tracheostomy closure is presented. Conservative management with hemodynamic monitoring and serial chest X-rays was effective.