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Delayed hemopericardium due to trivial chest trauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Ergün Çil ,
Isik Senkaya  and
Ömer Tarim
Ergün Çil*
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Associate Producer of Pediatrics, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine. From: Pediatric and Cardiovascular Surgery Departments, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, 16059 Bursa, Turkey
Isik Senkaya
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Associate Producer of Pediatrics, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine. From: Pediatric and Cardiovascular Surgery Departments, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, 16059 Bursa, Turkey
Ömer Tarim
Affiliation:
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine; Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Associate Producer of Pediatrics, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine. From: Pediatric and Cardiovascular Surgery Departments, Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, 16059 Bursa, Turkey
*
Ergün Çil M.D. Uludag University, Faculty of Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology Unit, 16059 Bursa/Turkey, Tel: +90.224.442 86 94, Fax: + 90.224.442 81 43
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Abstract

We report two cases of hemopericardium occurring in seven-month-old and 12-year-old boys, who had no history of major trauma. The possible cause of the hemopericardium for the infant was falling from a bed which was 75 cm high two weeks prior to the admission. The 12-year-old boy had fallen from a chair and damaged his chest 4 weeks previously. Their coagulation tests were all normal. By means of pericardiotomy, we drained 120 ml and 1200 ml of blood, respectively. The boys have now been well over follow-up periods of 24 and 18 months, respectively

Keywords

Blunt chest traumachildrenhemopericardiumechocardiography
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , July 1998 , pp. 390 - 392
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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