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(Chest. 1969;56:454-456.)
© 1969 American College of Chest Physicians

Pericardio Peritoneal Communication—An Additional Etiologic Factor in Purulent Pericarditis

Joseph Devin M.D.1 and Walter F. Merdinger M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 Department of Surgery, University Hospital, San Diego County, University of California (San Diego) San Diego, California

The occurrence of a case in which purulent pericarditis occurred in conjunction with a peritoneal abscess indicates that an additional etiologic factor in purulent pericarditis may be communication between the pericardial and peritoneal cavities through a congnitally weakened portion of the diaphragm.






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