<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hall, Mary N</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Little, John M.</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Penetration Of The Pericardium By A Gastric Ulcer – Survival After Pericardiocentesis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1990</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1990-10-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">289-291</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3122/jabfm.3.4.289</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elderly patients often have unusual manifestations of common illnesses. We describe a geriatric patient having a pneumopericardium from pericardial penetration by a gastric ulcer. Benign gastric ulceration causing perforation of the pericardium or other cardiac structures was recognized as early as 1854; however, unti11964, the condition was invariably fatal. Our patient survived the episode after early pericardiocentesis and medical treatment. Aspects of this uncommon clinical entity and a brief review of the literature are described.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>