Heart luxation through a right-sided traumatic pericardial defect.
A traumatic defect of the pericardium is a rarely diagnosed entity. We present a patient with a right-sided luxation of the heart which was incidentally diagnosed during a thoracic CT performed for other reasons. Despite of the threatening strangulation of the great vessels, the patient had a stable circulation until surgical repair of the pericardial defect.
Hergan
K
K
Department of Radiology, LKH Feldkirch, Carinagasse 47, 6800 Feldkirch, Austria. klaus.hergan@mail.austria.com
Müller
G
G
Haid
A
A
Zimmermann
G
G
Oser
W
W
D000328:Adult; D006335:Heart Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed