[Ectopic ossification as a cause of vague abdominal pain following heart surgery: a case report].
Vague abdominal pain after cardiac surgery was caused by ectopic ossification in the distal part of sternotomy. The rarity of this complication (one case seen in recent years, operation volume: 1200 cases/year) prompted us to review the literature, where only 6 cases are described. Diagnostic problems and therapy are discussed.
Zünd
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Klinik für Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsspital Zürich.
Carrel
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T
Vogt
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P
Niederhäuser
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U
Pasic
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M
Bode
B
B
von Segesser
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L
Turina
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M
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ektopische Ossifikation als Ursache unklarer Abdominalschmerzen nach Herzchirurgie: ein Fallbericht.