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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep 28:2018:bcr2018226939.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226939.

Pneumopericardium due to bronchopericardial fistula in a patient with lung cancer

Joana Lages  1 , Cátia Costa Oliveira  2 , Catarina Lacerda  1
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Pneumopericardium due to bronchopericardial fistula in a patient with lung cancer

Joana Lages et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: lung cancer (oncology); pericardial disease.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
CT angiography of the chest showing a large tumour in the right lung and a pneumopericardium (arrow) anterior to the heart.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Bronchofibroscopy revealing extensive signs of cancer invasion of the bronchial tree with destruction of the carina bronchial wall (arrow) and of the main bronchi. It also shows the presence of the endobronchial tumour on the lateral basal segment of the right inferior lobar bronchus (asterisk).
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