Penetration of the pericardium and heart by benign peptic ulcers is rare. Before 1965 it was
almost invariably fatal, but about 20% of recently reported cases have survived. We report 4 …

Penetration of the pericardium and heart is a very rare complication of benign peptic ulcer.
The case is reported here of a 76-year-old woman with advanced senile dementia, who was …

Elderly patients often have unusual manifestations of common illnesses. We describe a
geriatric patient having a pneumopericardium from pericardial penetration by a gastric ulcer …

A review of the literature has revealed 7 established cases of perforation of the heart, 2
cases compiled by Finney being excluded because of incomplete documentation, and 22 …

Two cases of penetration of the left ventricular myocardium by benign peptic ulcer are
reported. Twenty five similar cases in the world published work are reviewed. The condition …

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 …

PNEUMOPYOPERICARDIUM is itself exceedingly uncommon and occurs even more rarely
as a complication of benign gastric ulceration. We have found only ten case reports in the …

ABSTRACT A patient with ulcer in a hiatal hernia with perforation to the pericardial sac is
reported. The symptoms and signs of non‐traumatic perforation from esophagus or stomach …

Perforation of a benign gastric ulcer with the formation of a gastropericardial fistula and
pneumopericardium is an extremely rare and frequently fatal complication of peptic ulcer …

Spontaneous Pneumopericardium Secondary to Penetrating Benign Gastric Ulcer Page 1 able
to identify all five patients with an ampullary tumour in a series of 42 patients with …