Isolated Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion After Foreign Body Ingestion.

Fashandi, Anna Z; Boys, Joshua A; Yount, Kenan W; Buerlein, Ross C; Shami, Vanessa M; Ailawadi, Gorav; Walters, Dustin M · Ann Thorac Surg · 2018

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Foreign body ingestion is one of the many potential causes of esophageal perforation. In this case report we describe a man who presented with chest pain and was found to have an isolated hemorrhagic pericardial effusion secondary to occult ingestion and pericardial migration of a metallic foreign body. Surgical management was successful, and the patient has recovered well.

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