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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1998;14:517-519
© 1998 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Isolated pericardial rupture with left-sided haematothorax after blunt chest trauma

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Academic Hospital Nijmegen St. Radboud, Postbox 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 5 April 1998; received in revised form 8 September 1998; accepted 8 September 1998.

Corresponding author. Tel.: +31 24 3614744; fax: +31 24 3540129.

Pericardial rupture after blunt chest trauma is described in the literature. The rupture is mostly caused by high velocity trauma with associated injuries. As a result the patients are often critically ill. We describe a case of a 59-year-old man who suffered from an isolated pericardial rupture with a left-sided haematothorax diagnosed 3 months after minimal blunt chest trauma. The patient was operated upon and the defect was closed without detrimental sequelae.

Key Words: Pericardial rupture • Haematothorax • Blunt chest trauma

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