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Year: 2016   |   Volume: 5   |   Issue: 5   |   Page: 457-459     View issue

Pyopneumopericardium in a child with acute leukemia


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Abstract

Pyopneumopericardium is a rare condition with high mortality. Most cases are the result of a fistulous communication between the pericardial cavity and the gastrointestinal or the respiratory tract. Rarely, the condition may arise spontaneously. We describe a 7-year-old boy, a diagnosed case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, on chemotherapy who developed pyopneumopericardium without pneumothorax and responded well to conservative management.

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Jain R, Singh A. Pyopneumopericardium in a child with acute leukemia. Clin Cancer Investig J. 2016;5(5):457-9. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.197872
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Jain, R., & Singh, A. (2016). Pyopneumopericardium in a child with acute leukemia. Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 5(5), 457-459. https://doi.org/10.4103/2278-0513.197872

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