Key result
Subphrenic abscess can lead to gastropericardial fistula and pericardial abscess, representing a previously unrecorded complication of this condition.
Highlights a rare, previously unrecorded complication of subphrenic abscess involving the pericardium.
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Raises awareness of rare pericardial extension from subphrenic abscess; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Ikard et al. (1974) studied this question. Subphrenic abscess can lead to gastropericardial fistula and pericardial abscess, representing a previously unrecorded complication of this condition.
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