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Case Reports
. 2024 Oct 3;8(10):ytae543.
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytae543. eCollection 2024 Oct.

Iatrogenic chylopneumopericardium in rheumatoid pericarditis

Dinesh P Raja  1 , Sudipta Mondal  1 , Arun Gopalakrishnan  1 , Sivadasanpillai Harikrsihnan  1
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Iatrogenic chylopneumopericardium in rheumatoid pericarditis

Dinesh P Raja et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
(A) Cardiac computed tomogram on coronal section showing massive pericardial effusion (asterisk—pericardial effusion). (B) Chest X-ray in anteroposterior view showing pneumopericardium (arrows—pericardium). (C and D) Chest X-ray in anteroposterior and lateral view (D) showing pneumopericardium (air–fluid level—arrowhead; arrows—pericardium). (E) 2D echocardiogram in modified subcostal four-chamber view showing pericardial effusion with air–fluid level (arrows) (arrowhead—interatrial septum). (F) 2D echocardiogram in apical four-chamber view showing pericardial effusion with diastolic right atrium collapse (arrow). (G and H) Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in axial post-contrast T1 fat saturation (G) and coronal heavily T2-weighted (H) section confirming chylopneumopericardium (arrows—air–fluid level).
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