title: Echocardiographic diagnosis of extrapericardial tamponade due to dilated gastric roll following oesophagectomy.
abstract: A complication of lower thoracic oesophagectomy for oesophageal carcinoma is reported. Extrapericardial tamponade was caused by a dilated retrosternal gastric roll. Echocardiography was useful for diagnosis. Diagnosis, investigation and management of this unusual but life-threatening complication are discussed. Transthoracic echocardiography is a useful and practical investigation for the evaluation of complications of oesophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kariya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shindoh
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Asada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurita
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D004452:Echocardiography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed