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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 105-107 |
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Tension fecopneumothorax
Linu Abdullatheef1, Manes Anil1, Arjun Athmaram2, Vishnu R Krishnan2, Stalin J Roy3, Yoganathan M N Namboothiry4
1 Department of Emergency Medicine, Meditrina Hospital, Kollam, Kerala, India
2 Department of General Surgery, Meditrina Hospital, Kollam, Kerala, India
3 Department of Interventional Cardiology, Meditrina Hospital, Kollam, Kerala, India
4 Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Meditrina Hospital, Kollam, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Linu Abdullatheef
Department of Emergency Medicine, Meditrina Hospital, Kollam, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jets.jets_100_21
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Fecopneumothorax causing tension (hemodynamic compromise) is an extremely rare situation, mostly as a result of blunt trauma. Here, we present an 86-year-old gentleman who presented with tension fecopneumothorax, with an interesting backstory as to the development of fecopneumothorax.
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