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Medknow Publications, Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal, 5(5), p. 457, 2016

DOI: 10.4103/2278-0513.197872

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Pyopneumopericardium in a child with acute leukemia

Journal article published in 2016 by Amitabh Singh ORCID, Rahul Jain, Others
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

Pyopneumopericardium is a rare condition with high mortality. Most cases are the result of a fistulous communication between the pericardial cavity and the gastrointestinal or the respiratory tract. Rarely, the condition may arise spontaneously. We describe a 7-year-old boy, a diagnosed case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, on chemotherapy who developed pyopneumopericardium without pneumothorax and responded well to conservative management.