Showing papers by "Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest published in 2004"

Pneumopericardium--complication of an unknown tuberculosis in a HIV positive patient.

Abstract: 1010-7940/$ see front matter q 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.08.014 Fig. 1. (A) PA chest X-ray shows the upper delineation of the aerial image just under the level of the aortic arch, ruling out pneumomediastinum. The likely explanation of this aerial collection is Macklin effect, intraoperative endoscopy excluding a bronchopleural fistula. (B) CT scan reveals pneumopericardium, a minimal pleuropericardial effusion and parenchymatous consolidation surrounding the right lower lobe bronchus. In the pericardial fluid, AFB and positive HIV serology were found.