Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal

Volume: 17 Number: 1 March 30, 2010
  • Mustafa Akçam
  • Özlem Özsoy
  • Ayça Kuybulu
  • Levent Duman
  • Mert Köroğlu

Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal

Abstract

Bir yaşındaki bebekte pnömoperikardiyum: Özefagustan yabancı cisim çıkarılmasına bağlı nadir bir komplikasyon Pnömoperikardiyum, özefagustan yabancı cisim çıkarılması sırasında nadiren gelişebilen bir komplikasyondur. Erişkinlerde yayınlanmış birkaç olgu olmasına rağmen, çocukluk yaş grubunda özefagustan yabancı cisim çıkarılmasına bağlı gelişen pnömoperikardiyum olgusu şu anki bilgilerimize göre literatürde yayınlanmamıştır. Bu yazıda, özefagustan yabancı cisim çıkarılmasından sonra pnömomediastinum ile birlikte pnömoperikardiyum gelişen bir yaşındaki bir olgu sunulmaktadır. Anahtar kelimeler: Pnömomediastinum, pnömoperikardiyum, yabancı cisim, özefagus, perforasyon, çocuk Abstract Pneumopericardium is an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal. Although a few adult cases have been reported, to the best of our knowledge, pneumopericardium due to esophageal foreign body removal in children has not been published previously in the literature. Here, we present a case of pneumomediastinum with pneumopericardium that developed after esophageal foreign body removal in a one-year-old infant. Key words: Pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium, foreign body, esophagus, perforation, children

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Özlem Özsoy This is me

Ayça Kuybulu This is me

Levent Duman This is me

Mert Köroğlu This is me

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March 30, 2010

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May 17, 2010

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Year 2010 Volume: 17 Number: 1

APA
Akçam, M., Özsoy, Ö., Kuybulu, A., Duman, L., & Köroğlu, M. (2010). Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal. Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University, 17(1), 26-28. https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.55069
AMA
1.Akçam M, Özsoy Ö, Kuybulu A, Duman L, Köroğlu M. Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal. Med J SDU. 2010;17(1):26-28. doi:10.17343/sdutfd.55069
Chicago
Akçam, Mustafa, Özlem Özsoy, Ayça Kuybulu, Levent Duman, and Mert Köroğlu. 2010. “Pneumopericardium in a One-Year-Old Infant: An Unusual Complication of Esophageal Foreign Body Removal”. Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University 17 (1): 26-28. https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.55069.
EndNote
Akçam M, Özsoy Ö, Kuybulu A, Duman L, Köroğlu M (March 1, 2010) Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal. Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University 17 1 26–28.
IEEE
[1]M. Akçam, Ö. Özsoy, A. Kuybulu, L. Duman, and M. Köroğlu, “Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal”, Med J SDU, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 26–28, Mar. 2010, doi: 10.17343/sdutfd.55069.
ISNAD
Akçam, Mustafa - Özsoy, Özlem - Kuybulu, Ayça - Duman, Levent - Köroğlu, Mert. “Pneumopericardium in a One-Year-Old Infant: An Unusual Complication of Esophageal Foreign Body Removal”. Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University 17/1 (March 1, 2010): 26-28. https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.55069.
JAMA
1.Akçam M, Özsoy Ö, Kuybulu A, Duman L, Köroğlu M. Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal. Med J SDU. 2010;17:26–28.
MLA
Akçam, Mustafa, et al. “Pneumopericardium in a One-Year-Old Infant: An Unusual Complication of Esophageal Foreign Body Removal”. Medical Journal of Süleyman Demirel University, vol. 17, no. 1, Mar. 2010, pp. 26-28, doi:10.17343/sdutfd.55069.
Vancouver
1.Mustafa Akçam, Özlem Özsoy, Ayça Kuybulu, Levent Duman, Mert Köroğlu. Pneumopericardium in a one-year-old infant: an unusual complication of esophageal foreign body removal. Med J SDU. 2010 Mar. 1;17(1):26-8. doi:10.17343/sdutfd.55069

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