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Spontaneous Pneumopericardium in a Healthy Full-Term Neonate

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Pneumopericardium is rare in neonates and might be of serious clinical significance. Neonatal pneumopericardium is usually a complication of mechanical ventilation in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. Here, the authors report a full-term neonate who developed spontaneous pneumopericardium which resolved spontaneously.

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SK and PS; diagnosed and managed the case. SK, PS and AT; prepared the manuscript for the case. PS reviewed the literature and drafted the article. AP and UV supervised the management. PS; will act as the guarantor for the article.

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  1. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, KEM Hospital, Rasta Peth, Pune, Maharashtra, 411011, India

    Preeti Suresh, Amit Tagare, Sandeep Kadam, Umesh Vaidya & Anand Pandit

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Suresh, P., Tagare, A., Kadam, S. et al. Spontaneous Pneumopericardium in a Healthy Full-Term Neonate. Indian J Pediatr 78, 1410–1411 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-011-0477-y

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