Endoscopy 1980; 12(5): 254-255
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1021755
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An Unusual Complication of Laparoscopy: Pneumopericardium

J.M. Herrerías, A. Ariza, M. Garrido
  • Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Seville, Spain
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Publikationsdatum:
17. März 2008 (online)

Summary

Case report of a 17-year-old man with acute bridging hepatitis in whom laparoscopy was followed by subcuteneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum and pneumopericardium. No previous report has been published on pneumopericardium as a complication of laparoscopy.