Cardiac herniation after resection of pericardial thymic cyst.
Cardiac herniation following pericardial resection is a rare and potentially fatal complication. We present a case of a cardiac herniation after excision of pericardial thymic cyst. The patient had cardiac arrest one hour after surgery. Re-thoracotomy in the high dependency care unit, and reduction of cardiac herniation were done. There was no case report in the literature of cardiac herniation after excision of pericardial tumor.
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Hospital Singapore, 5 Lower Kentridge Road, 119074 Singapore. snumat@yahoo.co.jp
Satoshi
S
Numata
Winn Maung Maung
WM
Aye
Chuen Neng
CN
Lee