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Case Reports
. 2003;30(4):338-9.

Pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum in an adolescent after blunt chest trauma

Wayne J Franklin  1 , Gaurav Arora, Nancy A Ayres
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Pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum in an adolescent after blunt chest trauma

Wayne J Franklin et al. Tex Heart Inst J. 2003.
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Fig. 1 Chest radiograph shows pneumopericardium (arrowheads) and subcutaneous emphy-sema (arrow).
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