Cardiac herniation through mediastinotomy incision

Anjali Pingle; Khaled M Ismail; Abdelwahab Eshra; Amr Maarouf

doi:10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.09.019

Cardiac herniation through mediastinotomy incision

J Clin Anesth. 2008 May;20(3):222-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.09.019.

Authors

Anjali Pingle¹, Khaled M Ismail, Abdelwahab Eshra, Amr Maarouf

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals, Dewsbury WF13 4HS, UK.

PMID: 18502369
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.09.019

Abstract

A 43-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department after a cardiac arrest of unknown etiology. The patient's medical history was unremarkable except for surgery to remove a mediastinal lipoma two years earlier. In the intensive care unit, he was observed to have a mass bulging from the left chest wall. Echocardiography showed cardiac herniation through the chest wall, which was confirmed by thoracic computed tomographic scan.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Electric Countershock
Electroencephalography
Glasgow Coma Scale
Heart Arrest
Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Heart Diseases / etiology
Heart Diseases / surgery*
Heart Valve Prolapse / physiopathology
Hernia / diagnostic imaging
Hernia / etiology
Herniorrhaphy*
Humans
Intercostal Muscles / surgery*
Lipoma / surgery
Male
Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
Postoperative Complications / surgery*
Tachycardia, Ventricular / complications
Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography