title: A case of cardiac tamponade following esophageal resection.
abstract: We report a rare case of cardiac tamponade after esophageal resection for esophageal cancer. A 69-year-old man underwent subtotal esophagectomy and reconstruction of the gastric tube with cervical anastomosis via the poststernal route and three-field lymphadectomy via a median sternotomy. On postoperative day 4, the patient developed dyspnea, chest oppression, and hemodynamic instability due to cardiac tamponade. Emergency percutaneous catheter drainage was performed to manage the cardiac tamponade. Acute pericarditis due to the original surgical procedure was suspected to be the cause of the tamponade. Although rare, cardiac tamponade should be considered as a cause of hemodynamic instability after esophageal resection.
authors: First Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan.
authors: Yoshiaki
authors: Y
authors: Mizuguchi
authors: Shinhiro
authors: S
authors: Takeda
authors: Masao
authors: M
authors: Miyashita
authors: Hiroyuki
authors: H
authors: Ikezaki
authors: Yushi
authors: Y
authors: Nakajima
authors: Shinji
authors: S
authors: Akada
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Makino
authors: Ryohei
authors: R
authors: Futami
authors: Masao
authors: M
authors: Arai
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Sasajima
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Tajiri
authors: Keiji
authors: K
authors: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020519:Pericardiocentesis; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D014463:Ultrasonography