Pneumopericárdio após traumatismo penetrante: relato de três casos

Pneumopericardium after penetrating wound represents a high suspicion for cardiac wound. Some authors recommend thoracotomy to discharge a cardiac lesion. We present three cases of post-traumatic pneumopericardium one following a gunshot wound and two following a stab wound and discuss about diagnos...

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Main Authors: Fernando Antonio Campelo Spencer Netto, Jurandir Cavalcanti de Araújo Melo, Fábio Antonio Amando Granja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Series:Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912001000600016&lng=en&tlng=en