[A rare cause of accidental selective intubation: right upper lobar bronchus originating from the trachea]. / Une cause rare d'intubation sélective accidentelle: une bronche lobaire supérieure droite naissant de la trachée.

A case of accidental selective intubation of a right upper lobar bronchus originating from the trachea, in a woman with a normal preoperative chest X-ray, is reported. The preoperative diagnosis of an asymptomatic tracheal bronchus is often difficult on a standard chest X-ray, especially since a chest X-ray is no longer systematically included in the preanaesthetic assessment. Therefore, the presence of a bronchial malformation should be considered as a cause of ventilatory problems, particularly those occurring after tracheal intubation.

[Post-traumatic idiopathic pneumopericardium and pneumoperitoneum]. / Pneumopéricarde et pneumopéritoine idiopathiques post-traumatiques.

One case of "idiopathic pneumoperitoneum" following closed thoraco abdominal injury, primitively associated with a pneumopericardium is reported. No etiology was discovered about these two aeric effusions. Also it was interesting to compare this experience with literature to know frequency of such association; physiopathologic mechanism responsible and management of the described other cases.