Key result
Autopsy of a 46-year-old male following a fatal fall from a height revealed a rare left-sided pericardial rupture without cardiac injury or herniation.
Population
1 46-year-old male who suffered a fatal fall from height
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Urges immediate suspicion for cardiac herniation in blunt chest trauma triage; leaves open optimal protocols given high polytrauma mortality.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare case of pericardial rupture without cardiac injury or herniation following blunt chest trauma.
Palimar et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Pericardial rupture following blunt chest trauma (n=1). Blunt chest trauma (fall from height) was evaluated on Autopsy findings. Autopsy of a 46-year-old male following a fatal fall from a height revealed a rare left-sided pericardial rupture without cardiac injury or herniation.
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