title: Pericardial hemorrhage caused by costal exostosis.
abstract: This report describes a 21-year-old man who presented with pericardial hemorrhage due to a puncture wound of the pericardium by an inward-facing exostosis of the left fifth rib.
authors.affiliation: The Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan. ifukai@med.nagoya-cu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fukai
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Masazumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hisada
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mashita
authors.forename: Ichiya
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005096:Exostoses / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000293:injuries; D012272:Ribs