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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 19;14(10):e242428.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-242428.

Pneumopericardium in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy

Tomoaki Nakamura  1 , Naoki Tani  2 , Shinko Suzuki  2
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Pneumopericardium in a patient with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer undergoing chemotherapy

Tomoaki Nakamura et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: lung cancer (oncology); pneumomediastinum.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Coronal reconstruction of the chest CT scan shows squamous cell lung cancer (arrow) on the left hilum (arrowhead) that invades the mediastinum. Axial section of the chest CT scan shows IPF, pneumomediastinum (asterisk) and pneumopericardium with an anterior extent (arrowhead). IPF, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
CT scan was taken 3 days after the pericardiocentesis. In the axial section of the chest CT scan, the pneumomediastinum (asterisk) has shrunk, and the pneumopericardium (arrow) is no longer recognisable.
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