Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

LIVE: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)
Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 10/2016

01-10-2016 | Picture of the Month

Broncho-Pericardial Fistula Leading to Pneumopericardium Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation

Authors: Anup J Devasia, Aparna Irodi, Biju George

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 10/2016

Login to get access

Excerpt

Broncho-pericardial fistula leading to pneumopericardium is a potentially life threatening complication of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis [1, 2] and has been reported very rarely in hematological malignancies [3]. The authors report such a complication in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia that relapsed after haploidentical stem cell transplantation. …
Literature
1.
Owens CM, Hamon MD, Graham TR, Wood AJ, Newland AC. Bronchopericardial fistula and pneumopericardium complicating invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Clin Lab Haematol. 1990;12:351–4.CrossRefPubMed
2.
van Ede AE, Meis JF, Koot RA, Heystraten FM, de Pauw BE. Pneumopericardium complicating invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: case report and review. Infection. 1994;22:102–5.
3.
Merino JM, Diaz MA, Ramirez M, Ruano D, Madero L. Complicated pulmonary aspergillosis with pneumothorax and pneumopericardium in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1995;12:195–9.
Metadata
Title
Broncho-Pericardial Fistula Leading to Pneumopericardium Following Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Authors
Anup J Devasia
Aparna Irodi
Biju George
Publication date
01-10-2016
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 10/2016
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2117-z

Other articles of this Issue 10/2016

Indian Journal of Pediatrics 10/2016 Go to the issue

Review Article

Epileptic Encephalopathy in Childhood: A Stepwise Approach for Identification of Underlying Genetic Causes

Original Article

Pediatric Thromboembolism in Japan

Clinical Brief

Recurrent Facial Palsy and Electrophysiological Findings in Oligosymptomatic Melkersson Rosenthal Syndrome

Review Article

Genetic Approach to Diagnosis of Intellectual Disability

Correspondence

Clinical Profile of Atypical Manifestations of Dengue Fever: Author’s Reply

Correspondence

Correlation of Bone Mineral Parameters with Anthropometric Measurements and the Effect of Glucocorticoids on Bone Mineral Parameters in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Correspondence