PNEUMOPERICARDIUM COMPLICATING INVASIVE PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW

Pneumopericardium, the presence of air in the pericardial space, is a rare disorder that is usually caused by trauma. We describe a patient given induction chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia who develo ped pulmonary aspergillosis that resulted in pericarditis and pneumope ricardium. He responded to antifungal treatment and recovered from gra nulocytopenia, but died early during the next course of chemotherapy. Two other reported cases of pneumopericardium associated with pulmonar y aspergillosis are summarized.