An unusual case of cardiac tamponade.
A case of a 67-year-old woman with cardiac tamponade caused by toothpick ingestion is presented. At clinical presentation, it mimicked postinfarction ventricular free wall rupture and the diagnosis was not made until the operation. Ingested toothpicks have often been reported as a cause of intestinal injuries, but in this rare case the toothpick migrated into the pericardium and caused laceration of the right coronary artery.
Braconi
Lucio
L
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Pretelli
Paola
P
Calamai
Giancarlo
G
Montesi
Gianfranco
G
Romagnoli
Stefano
S
Gelsomino
Sandro
S
Bevilacqua
Sergio
S
Stefàno
Pierluigi
P
Gensini
Gian Franco
GF
D000368:Aged; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography