Key result
Pneumopyopericardium is a rare but possible complication of esophagogastrostomy in patients operated on for benign disease.
Case Report (n=1)
Pneumopyopericardium is a rare but severe complication of esophagogastrostomy that clinicians should be aware of in patients with prolonged survival.
Alerts clinicians to this complication in long-term survivors after esophagogastrostomy; case reports leave open incidence and prevention data.
The first case of pneumopyopericardium secondary to perforation of an ulcer in an intrathoracically placed stomach after esophagogastrostomy was reported in 1965 (Romhilt & Alexander, 1965). A review of the literature reveals that this condition is extremely rare as apparently only three cases have been reported since then (Gago, Chopra, Ellison & Silverman, 1973; Gleser, 1973; Pelligrini & Cenni, 1972) and only one with recovery (Gago et al., 1973). The purpose of this paper is to point out this possible complication of esophagogastrostomy in those patients who have undergone this operation for a benign disease and in whom prolonged survival is expected.
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Beck et al. (1982) conducted a case report in Pneumopyopericardium secondary to benign gastric ulcer perforation (n=1). Esophagogastrostomy was evaluated on Pneumopyopericardium. Pneumopyopericardium is a rare but possible complication of esophagogastrostomy in patients operated on for benign disease.
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