Pneumopericardium originating in the perinatal period

Definition

Presence of air in the pericardial cavity usually from tracking of free air from ruptured alveolar ducts along the perivascular sheaths of pulmonary blood vessels, or rupture of subpleural bleb

Also indexed as

Nearby in Pulmonary air leak or related conditions originating in the perinatal period

• KB27.0Interstitial emphysema originating in the perinatal period
• KB27.1Pneumothorax originating in the perinatal period
• KB27.2Pneumomediastinum originating in the perinatal period
• KB27.4Pneumoperitoneum, originating in the perinatal period, due to primary pulmonary air leak syndromes
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified