The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 50, 808-810, Copyright © 1990 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Tension pneumopericardium as a complication of single-lung transplantation
LJ Cochrane, ME Mitchell, S Raju and JK Mansel
Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson 39216.
Tension pneumopericardium is distinctly uncommon in the adult population.
We present a case of tension pneumopericardium as a complication of lung
transplantation in a 54-year-old woman with thromboembolic pulmonary
hypertension who underwent single-lung transplantation.