Cardiac torsion after lobectomy with partial pericardectomy.
Cardiac herniation and torsion after intrapericardial pneumonectomy without closure of the pericardium is widely recognized. However, such a complication occurring after lobectomy has been rarely discussed in the literature. We describe a case of cardiac torsion of late onset that developed in a woman who had undergone left upper lobectomy as part of a resection for a malignant thymoma.
Ohri
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Thoracic Surgical Unit, Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, United Kingdom.
Siddiqui
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Townsend
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D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006547:Hernia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010492:Pericardiectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014102:Torsion Abnormality / Q000209:etiology