1982
DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(82)90171-5
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Massive organized intrapericardial hematoma mimicking constrictive pericarditis

Abstract: Blunt and penetrating chest trauma as a cause of hemopericardium with subsequent cardiac tamponade and/or constrictive pericarditis due either to the presence of intrapericardial clotted blood or chronic inflammation has been well described.1-3 We describe here an unusual patient who presented with massive organized intrapericardial hematoma with the hemodynamic characteristics of chronic constrictive pericarditis 4 years after suffering blunt chest trauma. The diagnostic studies, including two-dimensional ech… Show more

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“…However, he gave a vague history of pericardiocentesis at the age of eight for an unknown cause. Pericardial constriction has been reported to occur up to 20 years after chest trauma (5,8) but the history of pericardiocentesis in our patient was 29 years before presentation. Whether this incident was related to his current problem is not known.…”
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confidence: 67%
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“…However, he gave a vague history of pericardiocentesis at the age of eight for an unknown cause. Pericardial constriction has been reported to occur up to 20 years after chest trauma (5,8) but the history of pericardiocentesis in our patient was 29 years before presentation. Whether this incident was related to his current problem is not known.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 67%
“…Most reported cases of intrapericardial hematoma presenting as SVCS and constrictive pericarditis were reported in association with aortic dissection, (6) cardiac surgery (3,4) and following chest trauma. (5) Intrapericardial bleeding may present acutely causing cardiac tamponade. However, if pericardial hematoma develops and persists, it will induce intrapericardial inflammation, granulation tissue formation, adhesions and calcification leading to constriction.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%