Isolated Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion After Foreign Body Ingestion

Anna Z Fashandi; Joshua A Boys; Kenan W Yount; Ross C Buerlein; Vanessa M Shami; Gorav Ailawadi; Dustin M Walters

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.02.056

Isolated Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusion After Foreign Body Ingestion

Ann Thorac Surg. 2018 Sep;106(3):e141-e143. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.02.056. Epub 2018 Mar 27.

Authors

Anna Z Fashandi¹, Joshua A Boys¹, Kenan W Yount¹, Ross C Buerlein², Vanessa M Shami², Gorav Ailawadi¹, Dustin M Walters³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
³ Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia. Electronic address: dmw7f@virginia.edu.

PMID: 29596817
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.02.056

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Foreign Bodies / complications*
Foreign Bodies / surgery
Humans
Male
Pericardial Effusion / etiology*
Pericardial Effusion / surgery