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

Year 2010, Volume: 17 Issue: 1, 26 - 28, 30.03.2010

Mustafa Akçam , Özlem Özsoy Ayça Kuybulu Levent Duman Mert Köroğlu

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

Keywords

Pnömomediastinum, pnömoperikardiyum, yabancý cisim, özefagus, perforasyon, çocuk

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