Delayed hemopericardium due to non-penetrating chest trauma: a report of new case and literature review

Abstract

To our knowledge, only 15 cases of delayed traumatic hemopericardium resulting from non-penetrating chest trauma have been reported. We present the case of a 63-year-old man with delayed hemopericardium, 2 months after striking the anterior chest on a mailbox when he fell down three steps during a postal delivery. Our case and review of the previously reported cases suggest that some cases might show quite slow progression of blood accumulation. Therefore, careful observation of patients who have experienced blunt trauma of the anterior chest is necessary.

Delayed traumatic purulent pericarditis with cardiac tamponade - A rare case report

“…In previous studies, delayed hemopericardium with cardiac tamponade after nonpenetrating chest trauma has been described [5] . Delayed hemopericardium may result from displacement of a thrombus that had temporarily closed the cardiac wound [6] .…”

Delayed traumatic cardiac tamponade: An extremely rare sequela of blunt trauma

“…Delayed cardiac tamponade from blunt injury is an extremely rare condition as traumatic tamponade almost always occurs immediately after the injury [1] . The common mechanism of injury is penetrating chest injury, and cardiac tamponade from non-penetrating injuries is found in less than 0.1% of cases [2] . Since the first case was reported in 1991 [3] , very few cases of delayed traumatic cardiac tamponade have been reported thus far [2] .…”

“…The common mechanism of injury is penetrating chest injury, and cardiac tamponade from non-penetrating injuries is found in less than 0.1% of cases [2] . Since the first case was reported in 1991 [3] , very few cases of delayed traumatic cardiac tamponade have been reported thus far [2] . Here we present a young female patient who was found to have cardiac tamponade two weeks after a motor vehicle crash, and subsequently treated with operative intervention.…”