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A 65-year-old man presented with cardiogenic shock and massive pneumopericardium. A gastropericardial fistula due to transdiaphragmatic penetration of a large fundal ulcer was documented radiographically and confirmed at autopsy. Previously recorded cases of pneumopericardium complicating gastric ulcers or other diseases of the digestive tract are briefly reviewed.
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Ghahremani, G.G., Yaghmai, I., Brooks, J.W. et al. Pneumopericardium due to transdiaphragmatic perforation of a gastric ulcer. Digest Dis Sci 21, 586–591 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01464767
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