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. 2020 Oct 27;4(6):1-2.
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa346. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Spontaneous pneumopericardium in a patient with lung cancer

Isabel Durães Campos  1 , Pedro Azevedo  1 , Beatriz Fernandes  2 , Vitor Hugo Pereira  1
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Spontaneous pneumopericardium in a patient with lung cancer

Isabel Durães Campos et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Anteroposterior thoracic radiography demonstrating a pneumopericardium and a consolidation in the upper left pulmonary lobe.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Axial computed tomography scan a highlighting a left pulmonary mass, containing small areas of central necrosis and gas, associated to an anterior pneumopericardium due to a direct pleuro-pericardial communication.
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