title: Cardiac tamponade and pulmonary compression due to volvulus of oesophageal coloplasty.
abstract: We describe an unusual case of cardiac tamponade and pulmonary compression due to acute volvulus of colon interposition occuring late after oesophagectomy. Clinical signs were suggestive of cardiac tamponade but there was no evidence of pericardial effusion by transthoracic echocardiography. Thoracic-CT provided the diagnostic clue in revealing the extrapericardial nature (a major dilatation of the colonic transplant) of the tamponade. This diagnosis should be considered in case of acute cardiopulmonary distress occuring early or late after oesophagectomy.
authors.affiliation: Service de Soins Intensifs Généraux, CHU de Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman, B35, 4000 Liège.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Canivet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piret
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hick
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Damas
mesh_terms: D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology*; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000637:transplantation*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D045822:Intestinal Volvulus / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous